Posted by pecos23 on 08/12/08 - 8:19 PM
#1
i just found out the hard way that OMC had a manufacturing defect on 150 and 175 from 1992 thru 1999. The casting defect caused a weak point somewhere around the number 1 cylinder and causes water to finds it way into the motor. this is bad. OMC went out of business so no recalls. the shop in TN told me that they have repaired over 1000 of these blocks and that if you have one it will leak some where along the line. just a word to the wise if you plan to rebuild one of these motors. if you do not fix the weak spot the motor will leak again even after a rebuild.
Posted by Mike on 08/12/08 - 8:58 PM
#2
Thanks for the note. Some questions:
Are we talking about Evinrude/Evinrude Ficht/Johnson. Some or all?
Can anyone at your shop give you some documentation or a white paper of some sort regarding this?
Was it their shop that performed these 1000 repairs or is that an industry wide figure?
What is the weak point, a crack, a low point int the casting?
Posted by dtmackey on 08/13/08 - 1:48 PM
#3
You must be referring to the "Eagle block" and those are pressure tested by rebuilders before a single penny is invested into the motor.
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Posted by pecos23 on 08/13/08 - 8:26 PM
#4
the 1000 block figure was give by Martec machining in TN. he says that they have repaired this many blocks over the past 10 years and so far every shop i have spoken with know of this issue and all talk about a service notice sent out about 10 years ago. all i know at this point is that the 150, 175 blocks from 1992 to 1999 have this casting issue. it is repairable but expensive.