K,
I have to disagree with your assessment that Bill Grannis's post is
spam. Bill is entitled to his opinion as are you. Bill has many times in
the past provided valuable information to the group and I'd like to take
this moment to thank him for his participation.
Paul

"K Smith" wrote in message
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Billgran wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message
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Try here...might help.....
http://www.smalloutboards.com/4Stroke.htm




It is a nice comparison that is for small outboards but is out of date
as
it does not include DFI outboards. Every 2-stroke "CON" on the site does
not
pertain to the new Evinrude E-TECs They also have less emissions,
quicker
starts, and less maintenance than equivalent 4-strokes.

On small 4-strokes the carbs gum up quicker due to their smaller jets
and
passageways. Also carbureted 4 strokes are sometimes harder to start,
and
have to be warmed up foe quite a while before they will idle and
accelerate
smoothly, EFI models do not have that drawback. You have to use the fast
idle lever for warm-up and carb 4-strokes engines do not meet the
Caliornia
3-star emission rating. Overheating problems on 4-strokes can result in
scored pistons that allow oil burning and a blue smokey exhaust, unless
the
engine is expensively rebuilt.

Bill Grannis
service manager



Again be very careful this is an ad pure & simple. This person has
always spammed here & seems is about to start again.

The best advice is don't buy Evinrude at all. Or if you're actually
interested wait some years, at least 5, to see if their latest consumer
funded experiments work or fail again as they did with Ficht.

K