![]() If we step back and take an objective look at the motor’s history, reliability has been very, very good. Let’s separate out emotion from objective observation. And they also injected a major game-changer by offering unheard-off things like 3-year service intervals, 3 year (or longer) warranties, and no break-in period.Īfter it’s second service. They used advanced electronics and space-age materials to develop an advanced 2-stroke engine which purportedly had all the benefits of 2-strokes (light weight, more torque, fewer moving parts), while providing the same or better performance in areas where 4-strokes have typically excelled (fuel economy, pollution control, and noise). Their sudden departure left a lot of customers and dealers in the lurch, and Evinrude’s new owner, Canadian-based Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) was a relative unknown to the US boating market.īRP took a big chance, and decided to go all-in with a redesign of the failed Ficht system. Evinrude’s parent corporation, OMC, had gone bankrupt, arguably due to problems with their Ficht fuel injection technology. ![]() ![]() When we purchased our E-TEC 10 years ago, this was our single biggest concern. Evinrude is a division of Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) ![]()
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