Attention Yamaha 200 HPDI owners

Good, strong motor. Good power/weight ratio.

Would recommend cleaning/replacing the O2 sensor each time you change the water pump, and running Yamalube Ring Free consistently. Both of these practices will reduce carbon build up, which sometimes caused these motors to run lean and burn a piston.

Puravida, I was told to change the fuel filters yearly, add ringfree and yamalube. I saw a thread on the hull truth and some guys had 3,000 plus hours on their engines with very little maintenance. I also heard to run all the fuel out even if you aren't using ethanol.

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Do a full service on it once a year (plugs, impeller, etc) in June when I put it up.

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Do you do it or do you send it to a shop?

I was told the issues were up to 2006. They changed the power heads in 2007 and since then the engines have been solid

i believe the majority of the problems were with the 225 and up earlier generations. as others stated, stay on top of the maintenance and no ethanol. I had a 150 and it was a good motor.

My '04 250 HPDI popped last year with 488 hours on it. I think the worst issues may have been 225 and up, but there is a ton of info out there if you research it. Do your due diligence before buying and good luck.