Outboard Longevity

[JohnS]

All in all, the 4 strokes will give you more hours if you take care of them and run synthetic oil in them, just like a car. The two strokes will last a long time as well, as long as you take care of them but, they will not last as long as the 4 strokes. It will all depend on how you treat them. Be nice to them, baby them, give them lots of love, and they will love you back.

There are so many different opinions on who makes the better motor, it is hard to say actually who does, if anyone. At one time of another, every manufacturer has a problem, just depends on who has it and when. You might buy something that will last a long time and never give you one problem. The guy that buys the very next one off the production line might have the worst luck he has ever had.....

John