re: Tohatsu Outboard

Coming in late, I have a tohatsu 60 and I've had it for 4 years now.

I don't have anything to compare it with as it's my first boat, but here's my take.

1. The fuel pump is very weak. This made the break in period awful for me because it felt like the engine kept dying. In reality, with the way the fuel line and ant-siphon was set up, the engine was just starving.
2. Parts and diagrams are hard to find. I don't know if this is global for all manufacturers.
3. Service is really hard to find. The guy I take it to in Harahan is awesome but always busy as hell.
4. Combining 3 + 2 means it's hard to service DIY.

All that said, again, I have nothing to compare it to. But I keep it maintained and it runs fine all the time. It's really fuel efficient too. I don't care about hole shot, so I go with the 17' diameter prop and I can cruise at about 37mph with it.

Hope that all helps.