Evinrude Ficht Service Manual 2000
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2000 Evinrude Ficht 150 Service Manual
Oh, the lovely FICHT motor. You had to buy more plugs than needed because the plugs had to be in a certain position. You had to mark where the electrode was and make sure that it fell in the 90° area for that cylinder or else there were problems. That wasn't the major problem though. The big problem was the computer in it. The failure was that the motor wasn't designed for slow idleing speeds.
It wasn't designed to troll, so, when everyone trolled with the motor it blew the computer in it at about 100 hours of idle speeds. Not all motors did it though. If you can find one that has hours on it, you probably found a decent one that will last. ALSO, you CAN NOT run regular Johnson/Evinrude two stroke oil through it. You need to step it up to the XD-100 full synthetic oil, or run a full synthetic oil. I ran Pennzoil through mine. In addition to that you needed to run carbon guard in the gas to prevent the build up on the plugs.
You can also buy an aftermarket computer for those motors. The engineers that designed that motor left the company and started their own, the name escapes me but it starts with a D, I know that much. After they broke out on their own they perfected the electronics for it, so there is in fact a fix for it. I got all that info from Evinrude back when I still had my motor and my Grady.
Also note that my boat was flawless when I sold it. You couldn't find a nicer one on the market. I also couldn't sell it for top dollar as well because of the FICHT hanging on the transom. If I had been sporting a Yam (which was the other option for that boat) I would have been able to sell it for at least a few thousand more than I did. For the record, I bought it used, so I didn't pick the motor, I chose the boat it was attached to. It was a strong motor that didn't smoke and didn't give me any problems.
I took special interest in the motor to make sure of that. It always started and it could push that boat over 50mph, but for the resale factor, I would steer clear.
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I have a possible opportunity to upgrade my current motor to a 2000 Evinrude 90 HP Ficht. I have read many mixed reviews on the net about these motors, and would like some feedback on here. This gentleman bought the motor 3 years ago and has not used it at all.
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He also bought it on the 'honor system' from a guy who told him it ran like a top. Obviously those 2 circumstances, cause some concern.however the current owner has assured me he will have it fully serviced before we even start discussing the deal. Aside from the obvious things, is there anything specific I should ask to be tested on this motor through the service process? Any other advice to a novice on motors would be great to help me through this upgrade process.
A Ficht is the #1 motor to run away from. That's what put Evinrude into bankruptcy. If it hadn't been for BRP and elimination of the Ficht they would be out of business.You're only half right.
Yes the warranty claims and sales dive from all the defective V6 Fichts put OMC into bankruptcy. However after a couple of years the bugs were worked out. Ficht (and variations on that name, e.g. 'Ficht RAM,' 'Evinrude DI') continued to be sold under OMC and then BRP, then after a few years the technology evolved into Etec.
And the problem never affected the V4's, so the 90 Ficht is a good bet (as long as it wasn't neglected, something to look out for with any used engine).