Need motor info

zyg

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Looking at buying a boat with a mercruiser 165 3.7 liter 4 cylinder with a ford head and aluminum block made by mercruiser. Motor has 850 hours. I dont know much about these motors, are parts hard to come by, or is it getting worn with this many hours, which would lead to expensive costs to maintain it.
 

JustJason

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Re: Need motor info

If you dont already own it and are just looking for information on that motor the absolute very best advice I can give you is to skip on that boat/motor combo and look at something else.
Mercruiser used alot of sterndrive engines since 1965, the 3.7 liter 165 (commonly known as the 470 engine) is right down there at the bottom of the list as the worst ever. They have to many inherent problems that a quick search of the forums will pull up for you.

Welcome to Iboats and good luck!
 
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