225 hp mercury outboard question

[DISPLACEDNEWFOUNDLANDER]

I currently own a 1996 225 HP Carburated OB and have a chance to buy a 1998 225 HP Electronic Fuel Injection Seahorse both Mercs. The boat I have is a 1996 Roballo.

Is there anything I should look out for or any problem areas.

Will most of the parts cross over if I used the old one as a spare parts bin?

Displaced??????

 

[jerryjerry05]

Re: 225 hp mercury outboard question

The EFI is better on fuel.But your adding more parts.
I had a 97 225 EFI and it drove me NUTS!!!! No mater what I did it just didn't want to run.First a stator then a fuel regulator and then It had a different problem which I never did figure out.I sold it for parts.
I'm sure that there are good Mercurys out there.I just didn't have luck with this one.
I'm retired and can't afford a trip to the dealer(who's not that good)everytime it farts.It spent 3 months at the dealer and I ended up fixing that problem then something else went.
It absolutly hated Ethanol fuel.J

 

[Faztbullet]

Re: 225 hp mercury outboard question

Depend on serial # as some of the early 1998's had the "d" shaped CDM which is NLA and updates to a kit, if it has the T4 ECU as its NLA. Ifits the later versionit a good engine but still suffers from CDM failures from time to time...