re: TOHATSU outboards ... anyone familiar with these

I used to have a 40HP 2 stroke on a 1652 Allweld. Was a great motor but it used a lot of gas. Currently have a 115HP fuel injected and it is awesome. Came with a 4 year warranty. Powering a 20’ Aluminum CC and you better be holding when I hit the throttle. Good motors.

I had a 50 horse Tohatsu on a used boat I purchased in 1992. The only issues the thing gave me were issues I induced by taking poor care of it and those didn't surface for a decade or so. I just got rid of the boat last year, sold it to my nephew. It had a few issues but they were the result of crap in the tank. Pulled out the tank and pressure washed it, let it dry and hooked it back up. Still runs like a top.


In that size range, they were great outboards.

If "Never heard of Tohatsu" isn't a reason to pull someone's OB posting privileges, it really should be.

I've got a bunch of hours on the newer 50 hp 4 stroke. I have had two little issues but nothing that required a trip to the dealer. Just ran it 70 miles, almost all of those miles at 4700rpm. When I filled up on the way home it took 7 gallons of fuel.

Building another skiff this year and it will be getting another MFS50. Very pleased with this outboard.

Md40d beast bro

He is probably talking about the smaller ones.
Most of the smaller ones below a certain HP is made by Tohastsu anyway.
Nissan, recently Evinrude, and Mercury are some of the brands that Tohastsu builds the smaller motors for.
Kyle at Lake Area Marine in Lake Charles has done a great job promoting and packaging the smaller Tohastsu motors on Alweld boats.
Knock on wood mine been a great boat and no problems so far.

Great motor! I have a 50 hp on my Havoc and have put that thing through hell. Will buy another when or if this one fails.

Pretty much every outboard under 25hp is a Tohatsu.