I'm looking at several used boats (and motors). The engines on the baots that I'm considering are a 1998 175hp Johnson; a 1998 200hp Evinrude and a 2000 Evinrude 225hp. All are Ficht engines with supposedly low hours. I've heard and read discussion on the problems with these engines, but the info has been somewhat conflicting. Some say 1998 are ok; and the later engines are junk. Some say that 98 and 99 were junk and the later yrs are ok. Some say that the problems were confined to 150, 175 and 200 and others say all the "big" engines had problems. Can anyone give definitive info on exactly what years were junk and which engine sizes? Should I just stay away from all Johnson/Evinrudes that are 150, 175, 200 and 225 hp from 1996 through 2001? Thanks.