Yamaha/mariner 4hp Short Shaft 2 Stroke Outboard Engine on 2040-parts.com

Nice low hours little mariner (same engine as the yamaha) short shaft 4hp 2 stroke engine



25kg weight



Usual great Yamaha reliability

Runs very nicely



Generally good paintwork on leg but usual scratches and some paint peeling but very good on engine under the hood



All the usual scuffs and scrapes you would expect and a few scratches to one side of the hood



As always just fitted a new water pump and housing and serviced it through including the problematical thermostat that often causes over heating of the great little engines



Being a Yamaha these engines make a good back up engine or main engine



I have over 25 years experience in the marine trade and outboards and i do my absolute best not to sell rubbish engines.



I test all engines i sell for a minimum of 1 or more hours on the river or in a test tank before i list them so buy in confidence



I always try my best to make sure anything i sell is reliable and fit for its use before it goes out



This is a good running engine and and can be seen running for as long as you like



Note



Although I do my absolute best to make sure engines I sell are as good as possible i have recently noticed an increase in to too high expectations of these older 2 stroke outboards



All these 2 stroke engines are at least 10 years old now as they stopped importing them in 2004 and it was illegal to sell them after 2006



It is still illegal to sell one that was imported after this date to a private buyer



Most of these cheaper 2 strokes and the older 4 strokes ( a new 10hp 4 stroke is now £1,900.00-£2,800.00 ) are well older than 2004 and usually at least 15 years old and older



Age is not always a factor in an outboards reliability and usually it comes down to how much use its had and how well it was looked after



There are lots of very good 2 strokes still out there but there are increasingly far more bad ones ( I should know as I get ripped of from private sellers all the time and they end up in my scrap shed )



Bottom line is if you intend to put a lot of work through an engine then buy a new engine or fully re build an older one for yourself



Don't expect a 20 year old one to be run at full throttle all day or pushed hard for obvious reasons as you will just ruin your boating experience



All engines have a finite life span and like any engine can and do go wrong, Especially as outboards have to work in a challenging and hostile environment with often little or no maintenance



The pool of good 2 strokes is now getting smaller and smaller and you take a risk on reliability on any second hand engine you buy



This fact seems to have been lost on some people recently



Happy to post uk for £30.00

Highlands and islands welcome at cost



Any questions mob 07534479930