Evinrude Ficht

[rcfisher]

Hey fellow Ausfishers

Looking at buying a second hand boat with a 115 hp evinrude ficht outboard on the bum(2000 model) Would love to here your thoughts on this type of motor good or bad.
Thanks in advance

Cheers Ryan

[Blackened]

G'day
Strap yourself in...........

Seriously tho, the ficts well.... major hit and miss there.

Best to chat to spaniard_king.

Dave

[disorderly]

Hi rcfisher,
# # # # # # # # #I stand to be corrected,but I think there may have been a problem or two with the the '99-'00 ficht engines that caused some dramas for the manufacturer!
# # # # # # # #No doubt we will be enlightened !

[rcfisher]

Hey Disorderly

Was thinking along the same lines but not quite sure.

[REEL_CRUISEY]

Hi rcfisher,
i had a 99 model on hunter had no problems with it when i sold it had 260 hours and going strong!

[Spaniard_King]

The ficht issues were mainly with the 150-175.

they brought out new ECM's in 1999 which indexed the change from homogenous injection to startified(between 1500 and 2000rpm), this was causing soot build up and eventually seizures.

Personally I think they (OMC) had the technology right in the end, it's just the creditors forclosed before they could recoupe the losses on the 150-175.

I would imagine the ficht 's will become hard to get parts as they have quite a few different models with so many different parts and you have to wonder how long Bombardier will support these engines.

parts are not cheap either. In 1999 1 V6 injector was $500AUD.

Garry

[whichway]

Hi

River City Marine would be worth talking to

Whichway

[fishingrod]

They are a awesum motor when they are running. As Garry says, parts are/will be expensive.

We had a 1998 or 1999 model 115hp. Had lots of problems between 20 and 150hrs. I lost count of all the work that the dealer did on it. It was fixed, then siezed, new powerhead etc the list went on.

Eventually we got a whole new motor under warranty. It was a late 1999 or early 2000 model and it ran great for 6 months/70 hrs then we got rid of it before anything could go wrong.

I would not buy one myself.

[fishin_dave]

I have a 150 DI on the back of mt V17R and have no complaints about fuel consumption or running problems. My opinion is go for it.

[FNQCairns]

Before you put your money down get the powerhead serial numbers and ring Bombadier/whoever in Australia and find out what series the powerhead is and what updates may have been done (you need to nail this), in the end they were a reliable engine before that I heard their secondhand value was around $2 per kg.

cheers fnq

[Luke_Groen]

We had a 2000 200 ficht on our Haines and had a few dramas. We went through 2 computers and she used to refuse to start every now and then. We put 700h on it in 5 years before we sold it. It was a little thirsty and used a fair bit of oil. I would steer clear IMO

[Kerry]

So being a 2000 "ficht", is this the original ficht or the RAM ficht?

The 200's & 225's might have had all the USCG attention but pre 2000 a ficht was basically a ficht (bad news) and the end result was basically OMC in chapter 11.

As for the forclosure it was basically a result of OMC management and untested technology.

Regards, Kerry.

[Luke_Groen]

Hi Kerry,

It was a Ficht Ram.

[Kerry]

Luke, The query was for rcfisher but the RAM's although not totally fixed certainly were not as bad as the original ficht's as your 5 years indicate. At least it didn't go kaboooooom!

[Spaniard_King]

rcfisher,

what are your thoughts with the replies so far??


Garry