Tripp Halbert
Petty Officer 1st Class
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- Jul 30, 2013
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Hello everyone, I bought a new 2015 Suzuki DF115A last year in June for my 175 searay. It runs smoother, quieter, and stronger than any outboard ive ever had. At about 50 hours I took it to the dealer because it had a couple rusted bolts on top of the block (6 year warranty). They changed them out at no charge along with some sensor that rusted as well and informed me I wasn't cleaning under the cowl well enough.:facepalm: It now has 150 hours and I have more components rusting again already!? Coil mounts, bottom of flywheel, two sensors heavily on starboard, 2 head bolts, the list goes on. It seems the problem is on both sides of the motor but mostly the port side where this special intake vent is which i suspect may be the culprit. I have nothing on my transom that spits water on the cowl. I don't take it offshore so no waves have crashed over the cowl. I have no idea how else I could be taking in this much salt under the cowl? The flywheel seems to be the primary area where salt gets to and is then distributed throughout the area. Could this engine be seeping the salt water internally?
Does anyone have this engine and/or have similar problems with newer Suzukis? Any ideas on how to clean this thing better; I have read that you can light rinse the engine w/o cowl when cold? I have had plenty of pre-2000 2 strokes that I never had to clean under cowl once and never seen any salt buildup on the engine block/components, what is going on here?! I flush the motor on muffs every single time I take it out and clean under the cowl every 3-4 trips. Please help, I don't want $11,000 to rust away before 300 hrs.
Follow link attached to my facebook for pictures and descriptions. Thank you in advance for any help/advice, I will be taking it back to dealer but I know what they will say again.
Does anyone have this engine and/or have similar problems with newer Suzukis? Any ideas on how to clean this thing better; I have read that you can light rinse the engine w/o cowl when cold? I have had plenty of pre-2000 2 strokes that I never had to clean under cowl once and never seen any salt buildup on the engine block/components, what is going on here?! I flush the motor on muffs every single time I take it out and clean under the cowl every 3-4 trips. Please help, I don't want $11,000 to rust away before 300 hrs.
Follow link attached to my facebook for pictures and descriptions. Thank you in advance for any help/advice, I will be taking it back to dealer but I know what they will say again.
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