Re: Old 2 stroke vs new outboards (2&4) stroke

[chinewalker]

In my experience, most "reliability" issues are less about the motor, and more about the operator, and the care and maintenance used on the motor in question. They neglect to change plugs, use fresh gas, or simply don’t have a proper starting procedure down. Many more times than I can count, I’ve started motors for people after they’d been pulling… And pulling… And pulling. I sit down, prime bulb, check for gas on the water (flooded) and go forward accordingly. Barring a major issue, I usually have the motor running after a few pulls, and the owner is left scratching their head.