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Old April 23rd, 2005, 11:50 PM
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Default buying a new boat soon

I would like some help please. I placed a deposit on a new Lowe fish/ski 17.3' boat with a merc 115 salt water edition 4 stroke outboard motor. I went to look at the boat the other day to see how the boat is coming along. The owner took the boat out for test run days before i showed up. He was impressed with the performance and quiteness of motor. He also said that he heard a ratcheting noise from engine when they were running full speed and then sudden drop to neutral, but not when decreased speed gradually there was no noise. He spoke to manufacture who said it was normal because 4 stokes are so quite compaired to 2 stokes thats why you can here that noise. I don't know if i can believe this theory. I plan on picking up the boat in a week (test drive it first)but i know i will not like hearing that noise. Please Help!
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Old April 24th, 2005, 04:43 AM
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