At some point I will have to replace my 10 foot Achilles. I can reduce the weight by getting a ten footer with a high pressure inflated floor instead of a wood floor.
Other than the obvious problem of potential air leaks are there any drawbacks to the high pressure floor?
Do you own one? Do...
Okay, here's the question.
Ten hours of operation after you have changed the oil in which direction did the oil go on the dipstick?
Does the oil level remain constant?
Does the oil level drop? In other words does your outboard tend to use a little oil?
Does the oil level rise? In other...
I have three Hondas (35 jet, 20, 2). I love all of these engines. I was speaking with my mechanic today and it was his opinion that Yamaha makes the best outboards (he's a Johnson/Evinrude repairman).
What do you think? Who wins the better engine competition, Honda or Yamaha?
I have a 2008 Honda 20 horse outboard (BF20DKSH). It came with a 9 1/4 x 10 (235 x 254 mm) four blade aluminum propeller.
I put the engine on a 14 foot Zodiac MK II Grand Raid inflatable.
The boat was slow out of the hole so I replaced the 9 1/4 x 10 prop with a Solas 9 1/4 x 9 aluminum prop...
I drove my boat with my Honda outboard upriver in a brutal wind. The glacial silt from the river sandbars was airborne and even completely obscured my vision at one point.
I am wondering if anyone has any insight regarding the ingestion of dusty air in the carburetors of outboards and whether...
Does the Honda BF50A have a fitting or place to install a garden hose flush adapter to flush the water jacket around the powerhead?
If so, where is it? I have poured over mine and can't find any fittings or ports to attach a garden hose adapter.
Thanks in advance.
I have two relatively new Honda outboards.
One is a brand new 20 hp.
One is a one year old 50/35 jet. The jet motor has between 20 and 30 hours of use.
I have been advised by two different dealers to wait hundreds of hours prior to switching to Amsoil synthetic.
I would like to switch, as I...
Is there any harm in removing the tell tale fitting in the cowling of my BF50A?
My Honda is the 50/35 Jet and all it takes is one slurp of silt in the jet to clog the fitting in the tell tale. Then I need to clean a column of silt out of the hose, which is a real pain.
By removing the fitting...
I recently purchased both a BF50A (in a jet configuration) and a BF20D.
The BF50A was new in 2007 - serial number BAZS-3704XXX.
The BF20D is brand new (2008) - serial number BAMJ-1405XXX.
I made a trip to my local Honda Outboard dealer and he sold me several oil filters for my BF50A with the...
