Evinrude Etec Motors

Some parts are hard to get on motors that are in production. I wouldn't know specifically though. But depending how old it is maybe you can use this a negotiation tactic to the seller. I would imagine it's a bit easier to sell one with a Yamaha or Suzuki.

I sold both of mine.
I use to be an OMC Johnson/evinrude fan and after bombardier bought OMC parts got harder to find.
Techs trained to work on the motors was hard, but also will get harder to find.

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Is this motor a deal killer?

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Depends how much value they are putting into the motor. In this market and with the availability of outboards in parts then I wouldn't balk too much at it. Regardless of engine make getting something repaired with replacement parts right now is a crap shoot.

As someone who owns one that I like a wholeeeeeee lot (200 HO), you should put some thought into it. They are fantastic engines, but the service support network for them was never very strong to begin with. I haven't had mine worked on in a couple of years but I imagine it's only going to get worse. Parts availability is kinda ok and kinda not. The G1's have some commonality with old OMC stuff and all that is pretty easy to get, like trim modules, water pumps etc. Specific etech stuff im no so sure about, especially the G2 since they were not in production terribly long. Id hate to smoke an ecm right now...

I wouldn't pass on a boat strictly because its wearing an etech, but I would try to nudge the price down on the deal because of it. 10 years from now, who knows. There just aren't enough of them out there to keep the parts and service market alive IMO.

Not a deal killer as long as a discount is baked into the deal.

They aren't time bombs like the FICT motors were. Id charge a disposal fee to buy a boat with one of those on it. The etechs are great engines. Finding a trained tech 10 years from now is my concern.

I am looking at a used 225 used, for like 7k, which is exact same my yamaha long block and debating this exact issue. Can i get 2-3 years out of it until new motors are available

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Mercury didn’t agree to make Evinrude parts.

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Makes more sense. My reply was based on earlier comment from my dealer.

Would be a 90 or 115. Found a 18ft express with a 90. Just something to stroll around the rigolets with.

If it’s a solid engine and seems well maintained you could leverage the fact they are out of business to get a great deal on the boat and just plan to repower it in a few years.