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My opinion? They are good motors. Most common service operations are easy. But the ones that are not easy are…not easy. Early models had poor idle due to excess vibration & shaking. Once they put the vibration dampers on them, it cured that problem and they ran very well. Any time this topic comes up, there will be no shortage of people telling the faults of them….which are true. Upper front motor mount. Exhaust leaks. Both of these require shucking the motor out of the shell, a challenging task for the novice. Easy enough for the experienced, but time consuming.
Somebody mentioned drive shaft splines. Hey, that isn’t fair. That problem happens to any motor if somebody leaves the o-ring out.
My biggest complaint is that BRP seems intent on getting them off the market by discontinuing all the parts. But nymarine is reproducing the shift rod boot (exhaust leak). Hoo-ray!!!!