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We predict that the fate of E-TECs will be determined by service-related
issues, not performance. Reliability and engine life, ease of service and
customer service, and cost of operation will all figure in.
As we have seen in prevous sections of this article, E-TEC performance is right
on par with 4-stroke and other DFI 2-stroke engines. But in our opinion, E-TECs
are not so strong that they clearly stand out from the crowd.
In this section we review and offer comments on what we've found on E-TEC
reliability, service issues, customer service, and cost of operations. We've
sifted through a number of reports on the Internet, and tried to glean out the
relevant data.
We won't spend a lot of time talking about the theoretical reasons why (or why
not) E-TEC technology is reliable. Since the initial motors have been on
consumers' boats for close to 3 years now, there are a number of people
who
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have put a lot of hours on their motors. We should be able to get a good sense
of the motor's propensity for trouble from that.
Click on the links below to review our summaries of:
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