Newer Force outboards - are they OK?

[BR549]

Re: Newer Force outboards - are they OK?

Roscoe covered it pretty well - if the motor checks out ok then that is a great deal. I spent alot of time researching motors last year when I in the market for a new boat. Like you, I found plenty of 3rd party negative publicity but no specific details - I got the feeling that alot of the bashers also have strong opinions on Ford/Chevy. After speaking with several Force owners on my local lake I ended up getting a boat with a 1999 90hp Force from Travis boating center ( Many on this board think that this combination of a Force motor and Travis Boating Center would have summoned the Antichrist) In any case I have had it about a year and put almost 190 hours on the motor with no problems - I run 87 octane with Mercury Quickleen and decarb every 100 hours. My only parts cost has been replacing the water impeller ( the old one worked fine, just routine maint). I have been very pleased with the motor - the only drawback's I have seen is that mine is a gas hog and it's not quite as fast as other 90 hp outboards.

 

[dmessy]

Re: Newer Force outboards - are they OK?

John, don't do it! What seems like a good deal now ,isn't. You'll be sorry...mark my words

 

[rickdb1boat]

Re: Newer Force outboards - are they OK?

Hi Logger,<br />You should run 87 Octane in your Motor. Running 93 will just cause more carbon build up, due to the cooler running octane. The compression of these motors is not designed to properly burn high octane fuels and will leave deposits of unburned fuel(Carbon)in the cylinders. So the answer is go ahead and run 87. It will be fine!

 

[mike b.]

Re: Newer Force outboards - are they OK?

OK thanks

 

[roscoe]

Re: Newer Force outboards - are they OK?

Yes, what Rick said. Higher octane gas doesn't contain any more energy.<br /><br />But higher octane gas is benificial if you have a high compression engine, or if you are having a knocking (detonation from compression only) problem. If you have a high compression engine, the manual will tell you to use higher octane.

 

[91formula]

Re: Newer Force outboards - are they OK?

John, <br /><br />Let me tell you my force story, 92/120 Force on 18 foot capri,<br /><br />I abused the engine by only changing the impeller once, last year, changed the lube oil twice, 1 new starter, 1 new trim relay, 1 new primer bulb, never decarbed, changed pulgs twice, ran 87 oct gas, and good oil, left me sitting twice in the water only because of the starter, nothing else, my engine has about the same hours as the 1 you want to buy, I would take everyones advice about a compression check, let a mechanic look at it, run it for an hour, see what it does. I bought mine new and knew how it's treated, I think mine has pass the reliability test a few years back, people say about force and bayliner, when I bought mine seemed like every other but was a force model, I'm sure they'res parts to be had if something goes wrong, PS I'm in florida and I'm out just about 9 months a year every saturday and sunday, so I'd go for it, you could buy and used Rude, Honda, and the same thing could happen!!!