I recently bought a used Tohatsu 2003 9.8 HP 2 Stroke. I brought it home and got her running on the hose.
I hooked it up to the boat and used it 3 times and it ran pretty good (17.8 MPH with me (200lbs in a 15'4" Gheenoe).
Last night I used it in a lake and it died after 2 hours of use and...