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<blockquote data-quote="Pappy" data-source="post: 197049" data-attributes="member: 3278"><p>Am a firm believer in the notion that most people selling boats/engines on Craigslist know pretty much nothing about an outboard. Have bought many outboards so far and in most cases the engines have been incorrectly diagnosed by the previous owner. Very often they have a buddy that sort of knows a little about vehicles take a guess at what the issue is. That's usually strike two on the "getting it right" scale. Only advice I can give you is that, unless you know what you are doing on outboards or plan on learning as you go, plan on whatever the owner says is probably wrong and you better start by doing compression, spark, gearcase oil check, a good visual, etc. before dropping the money on a rig. If the deal is a hard to pass up on then see if you can take it to a dealer and have the dealer spend a half hour diagnostic time on the engine for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pappy, post: 197049, member: 3278"] Am a firm believer in the notion that most people selling boats/engines on Craigslist know pretty much nothing about an outboard. Have bought many outboards so far and in most cases the engines have been incorrectly diagnosed by the previous owner. Very often they have a buddy that sort of knows a little about vehicles take a guess at what the issue is. That's usually strike two on the "getting it right" scale. Only advice I can give you is that, unless you know what you are doing on outboards or plan on learning as you go, plan on whatever the owner says is probably wrong and you better start by doing compression, spark, gearcase oil check, a good visual, etc. before dropping the money on a rig. If the deal is a hard to pass up on then see if you can take it to a dealer and have the dealer spend a half hour diagnostic time on the engine for you. [/QUOTE]
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