Pat, Bob, Joe:

Thank you all for your responses.

Pat, I mentioned the dealer about the Mercury being made by Yamaha, and he
tells me that the 50hp is made by Mercury; that only the 75hp, 90hp, and
115hp are made by Yamaha, which matches the news link posted by Joe Z about
Mercury and Yamaha legal battles:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fis...umping_21.html
http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fis...dumping_4.html

Do you know if the 50hp 4-stroke EFI is indeed made by Mercury?

Sergio


"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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I heard a rumor that Mercury had gotten a lot of their fourstroke tech from
Honda. Honda definitely makes proven fourstroke tech. From my
understanding thought he Merc injection is more fuel efficient, and if it
will be sitting the injection is less likely to have evap residue
problems.
Really its your call. Also, if you trust the dealer (I don't trust any)
then you may want to go with the Merc just so you have somebody handy who
will perform future service for you.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com




"Sergio Ramirez" wrote in message
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Hello all:

I tell a dealer that I want to get a 50hp honda (obviously 4-stroke),
and
he swears by a Mercury 4-stroke EFI, at basically the same price. I lean
towards the Honda but he tells me EFI is way better than carburated. I'm
thinking that carburated may be really a disadvantage on 2-stroke
engines,
where gas is mixed with oil, but is the difference important in
4-strokes?

My main goal is reliability. Honda makes very reliable, hiqh-quality
machinery (not only outboard engines, but lanwmowers, cars, motorcycles,
etc), and they've been doing 4-stroke engines forever. EFI sounds great
for
the sake of fuel consumption, optimal speed, etc, plus the fact that
Mercury
is a brand sold and repaired everywhere, but IF the Merc would leave me
stranded at the lake more than a Honda would, then I'd consider it a bad
decision to go with the Merc regardless of the other plusses. So the big
question in my mind is reliability -- Is the Merc 4-stroke EFI as
realiable
as the Honda?

Thanks in advance for your opinion.

Sergio