? 1989 Evinrude 140hp looper $1800.00???

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MoonGlow II

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I am looking at a one owner 1989 Evinrude 140ho looper Just serviced and VERY clean it is a salt water used motor but no corrosion the ovner was very good about rinsing and maintanience...is it a good deal??? what do you guys think And I recall reading a post here that one of the members had done some work on there E 140 and made it faster can you tell me what was changed
Thanks
 
If it is REALLY clean, and she checks out, the $1800 is on the high end but reasoneable for a price. For an 89 there isn't a whole lot you can do to it without opening her up and modding internally. I've got an 85 140 that has been port matched internally, heads decked to yield 155 on the compression, rejetted the carbs all around, and ported the airbox some. She's a slouch below 3800, but 3800+ is like hitting a nitrous button all the way up to the 6100 limiter(wish I would have put in the 6700 pack as mine could use the extra RPM's).

Found this one for yeah in Miami. http://www.screamandfly.com/showthread.php?217792-johnson-140-looper
 
Thanks on the info and motor for sale

HI I thought it sounded to high $$$ and after checking around parts will be hard to fine to...will call the guy on his motor...also found a 1999 Suzuki 200hp asking $2350...and i have parts off of the deal Suzuki 150 that came with the boat the can be used as spares
 
MoonGlow II said:
HI I thought it sounded to high $$$ and after checking around parts will be hard to fine to...will call the guy on his motor...also found a 1999 Suzuki 200hp asking $2350...and i have parts off of the deal Suzuki 150 that came with the boat the can be used as spares
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Parts for the 140 are READILY available as the 120/140 shared many parts with the 200/225's. On the SUZUKI pay close attention for corrosion and the lower unit. The lower units are known to crack where the prop sits inside of them and this is a MAJOR problem AND expensive as a lower unit for one will run you a grand or so. There good engines that I personally like, but corrosion is a concern with them.
 
thanks for all your help went with the following

I found a 1998 Suzuki DT 150 in great shape but with no spark $1000.00 with prop and all wiring...the 1990 Suzuki DT 150 that came with the boat had a blown piston. Both of the engines were running well just before they developed there respicitive issues. So I built one good one and it runs great!...Know I am wondering if I should run with a premix of like 100:1 in the gas tank and the oil injection system working Would it save the engine if the oil injection died?
 
MoonGlow II said:
I found a 1998 Suzuki DT 150 in great shape but with no spark $1000.00 with prop and all wiring...the 1990 Suzuki DT 150 that came with the boat had a blown piston. Both of the engines were running well just before they developed there respicitive issues. So I built one good one and it runs great!...Know I am wondering if I should run with a premix of like 100:1 in the gas tank and the oil injection system working Would it save the engine if the oil injection died?
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If you're running pre-mix AND injected oil I'd think you'd be taking a chance on the plugs fouling in short order. Too much oil is just as bad as not enough. IMHO :head:
 
MoonGlow II said:
I found a 1998 Suzuki DT 150 in great shape but with no spark $1000.00 with prop and all wiring...the 1990 Suzuki DT 150 that came with the boat had a blown piston. Both of the engines were running well just before they developed there respicitive issues. So I built one good one and it runs great!...Know I am wondering if I should run with a premix of like 100:1 in the gas tank and the oil injection system working Would it save the engine if the oil injection died?
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SUZUKIS oil injection system is top notch, and rarely fail. Replace the oil filter with one with the flow sensor in it, and adjust it to factory specs and call it good. So long as they are adjusted they don't smoke much at all, and just work.
 
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Yes I did replace the oil filter with a new one that has the flow sencor in it and adjusted the control arms that run the oil injector pump to the factor specs. The guy who sold me the motor had the factory manual so everything has been set to spec and all the other sencors have been tested...it runs well, 22mph at 4000rpm and 32mpg at 5000rpm with 2 on board have not opened her up yet need a calmer ocean LOL. I will finish out the fuel i have on board and just trust the injection system and the fail safes...
 
MoonGlow II said:
Yes I did replace the oil filter with a new one that has the flow sencor in it and adjusted the control arms that run the oil injector pump to the factor specs. The guy who sold me the motor had the factory manual so everything has been set to spec and all the other sencors have been tested...it runs well, 22mph at 4000rpm and 32mpg at 5000rpm with 2 on board have not opened her up yet need a calmer ocean LOL. I will finish out the fuel i have on board and just trust the injection system and the fail safes...
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You rarely hear of a SUZUKI oil injection system failing. I imagine even a google search would show it to be rare. You only have one pump, and it is gravity fed from an engine mounted tank. I will say though, pick an oil and stick with it. The only problems I have heard of was from people mixing different oils in the tank and they would gel(some synthetics years back were not compatible with dino oils). Also try and find a thicker 2 stroke oil to run like YAMALUBE as I don't think you can buy SUZUKI 2 stroke oil anymore. SUZUKIs oil injection system was calibrated for the SUZUKI oil which was some pretty thick 2 stroke oil. I know I put the PENNZOIL blend in my 85 SUZUKI and it didn't like it one bit. Ran fine once you got above 2500, but would load up and smoke at idle real bad. Put SUZUKI oil in and no more problems.
 
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