I have an 87 evinrude 225 it has some problem but I'm working them out ,the last time I ran it it used 20 gallons of fuel in 2.5 hours now I stayed on it for about half the time,and ran about 4000 rpms the other half
At full throttle about 22.5 gal. per hour. A pretty good rule of thumb on a outboard at full throttle is 10% of the horse power= gal. of fuel per hour.
Sound about normal to me. The older outboard liked fuel a lot better when WOT than the newer ones do, but their still pretty hard on gas when running them flat out. The older big motors were very hard on gas.
Just think, an old V-4 50hp could suck up nearly half as much gas as that. And not get you nearly as far. Sounds like you are getting quite an improvement if you think about the history.
Just think, an old V-4 50hp could suck up nearly half as much gas as that. And not get you nearly as far. Sounds like you are getting quite an improvement if you think about the history.
You either didn't stay on it as much as you think or you have a pretty small boat. I'm running a 1997 Evinrude Ocean Pro and in 2.5 hours of cruising @ 4200 rpm and I'm pushing 40 gallons hard.
Forget WOT, the sucking sound from the back drowns out the radio
