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    2000 Yamaha 0X66 225hp SS running good but smoking

    Guys, My engine is starting to smoke a little more than usual, it smokes a little when first starting cold but clears up pretty quick. However, once the motor is warm and has been off for 10 or so minutes, restarting warm it smokes more than normal, it also clear up pretty good but there is...
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    Yamaha 225 0x66 whistle

    Hey guys, My 2000 Yamaha 225 SS has developed a slight whistle at low RPMs, the best way I can desribe it is to say it sounds like wind slipping in through a slightly open window or a vaccuum leak. The engine only does it in foward gear at or near 1100 rpms with boat only going staight...
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    1990 Yamaha 90 HP wiring issue

    Hey guys, I'm helping a guy restore a 17 ft Whaler with a 90 hp Yamaha, here's my issue. The original wiring harness from the helm to the outboard was thrown out before I got involved so a new harness was ordered from Yamaha and installed and won't work! The new cable has two square 4 wire...
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    2000 Yamaha 225 OX66 SS cutting out

    rod and others,<br /><br />My Yamaha is occasionally cutting out but only at certain times, these times are when the motor is spinning at 3800 to 4000 and only when we're running in steep seas. We'll come over a steep swell 3 to 5 foot and as the bow comes over the swell and drops to the bottom...
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    Yamaha fuel management and fuel guage

    Hello all,<br /><br />My Mako 224 with a 2000 Yamaha 225 OX66 did not come with a Yamaha fuel management guage, I would like to install one. Not having one now how involved is it and will my existing Yamaha wiring harness work?<br /><br />Second question is on the Yamaha speed there is i fuel...
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    Lower unit gear oil 2000 225 Yamaha

    Hey guys,<br /><br />I did a search on lower unit gear oil and the consensus was that Mercury HP ger oil is a good oil to use, my question is, how many tubes of oil do I need?
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    200 XP not charging

    Hey guys, my 1990 XP 200 isn't charging and the tach has stopped working! Can anyone share some trouble shooting tips before I take it in!
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    Missing, sometimes, not all the time?

    My 1990 200 XP Evinrude misses occasionally at idle in gear, when this happens I walk back to the primer bulb and it doesn't seem to have much if any fuel. My question is, could a bad primer bulb possibly allow air into the fuel pumps possibly causing the engine to miss?
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    Premix 1990 Evinrude XP 200

    I decided to change out the motor on my boat instead of fixing the lower unit on the old Evinrude, the new (to me) motor is a low hour 1990 Evinrude 200 XP. We're going to continue to premix this motor as well, my question is what to do with the "No Oil" warning buzzer that is going off. <br...
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    200 hp Evinrude problems in reverse!

    My 1980 200 hp Evinrude is having problems shifting into reverse, forward is fine but shifting into reverse clunks or slips. Like I mentioned it shifts fine into forward and runs great but reverse is trouble, any ideas before I have the lower unit dropped?
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