Evinrude FICHT 130

[zachp]

Does anyone run this motor? I am looking at a '01 1775 pro v with this motor and also has 4 stroke evinrude kicker. Last year i ran a smaller boat with a 80hp yamaha and i really liked that motor because it was quiet and trolled down quite nicely, but with this boat i would use the kicker so the big motor would be for strictly getting me from one point to another.

Any thoughts?

[dkf]

Think you mean Evinrude 135 FICT. I bought my 17 Mr. Pike in 01' and looked at the 135 Evinrude. The 135 is basically a detuned 150 or 175 V6 with the same displacement and etc. I know around the time I bought my boat Evinrude was having problems with the FICTs and the future of OMC was shaky. Thats the reason I went with my 130 yamaha and the $3000 cheaper price tag. If the motor runs good you shouldn't have problems with it, just some FICTs had problems if my memory serves me right.

[Superduty]

Evinrude basically went under because of this failed technology. I would find out if the motor has had any upgrades done by a dealer. I don't have any first hand knowledge of that specific hp, but I know of two 2000 200hp fichts that are junk and have been rebuilt. The rings go out, $3500 to rebuild a V6.

[zachp]

Thanks guys, I was misinformed on the motor, It's actually a 115 fict, I think i would be happier with a yamaha but i'll take a look at it and ask about the engine problems and try to get all the info i can out of them.

[Kyle Sandberg]

The V6 had all the problems but the V4 were fine.

[marine_man]

K Dawg is correct... the V4's were better than the V6's and didn't have nearly the number of issues that the V6's did. In my opinion, it's still a little bit buyer beware, but not much more than any other motor.

marine_man