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</div> <div style="font-size: 10px"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:95%">©2006-2010 Tsunami Fishing Systems</div></div> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="100%"> <div id="content"> <div> <h1><div class="Title-XLarge"><span style="color:black;font-size: 90%;">Long-Term Report:</span><br/>E-TEC Operating and Ownership Costs</div><br/></h1> <div> <P><div class="PicFloatLeft"><IMG src="/staticOSJ/content/images/Scorecards/E-TEC/E-TEC1-largeA.gif"></div>As mentioned in our article in <em>“<A href="http://www.oceanskiffjournal.com/index.php/osj/1EMPS/611"><STRONG>What"s Up with E-TEC?</STRONG></A>”</em>, one of the controversies surrounding E-TECs is the true cost of service. </P> <P>If you review the section of the article on <A href="http://www.oceanskiffjournal.com/index.php/osj/1EMPS/611/P4"> <STRONG>Service / Reliability</STRONG></A>, we did a cost analysis which says that if we follow the manufacturer's service schedule (dealer service every 300 hours or 3 years), we would save several thousand dollars over the costs of operating a 4-stroke motor over a 10 year period, even with the added cost of burning 2-stroke oil.</P> <P>Note that Evinrude <STRONG><EM>does not say "no maintenance for 300 hours". </EM></STRONG> The owner is still expected to do things like grease fittings, and check for fishing line on the prop shaft. However, the <STRONG>normal dealer service items - spark plugs, fuel filter, gearcase lube change and water pump impeller replacement</STRONG> - theoretically do not have to be done except at 300 hour intervals.</P> <P>Skeptics say that it will be impossible to operate a 2-stroke outboard for 300 hours without those dealer service items, therefore, E-TECs are more expensive to operate than the equivalent 4-stroke.</P> <P>In this column, we will be logging all service and repair that we do to our E-TEC 90 HP Saltwater Edition, and recording the costs. We will also keep a theoretical log of the routine service and other things we would have to do if we had purchased a Yamaha F90 4-stroke (based on the recommended service schedule in the owner's manual). </P> <P>For the Yamaha, we will include two tables - one showing the costs if the dealer performs all service, one showing the costs if the owner does all service except the major ones at 500 and 1000 hours (we think these scenarios are the most likely to occur, as opposed to having the owner perform all service). At any point in time, you should be able to see a reasonable comparison of costs.</P> <HR width="100%" size="1"> <DIV style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;COLOR:navy">Motor: Evinrude E-TEC Saltwater Edition, 90 HP, 2005 model year</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;COLOR:navy">In service: December, 2004</DIV> <HR width="100%" size="1"> <br/> </div> </div> Click <a href="http://www.oceanskiffjournal.com/index.php/osj/1E1PS/643" target="_blank"><b>HERE</b></a> to read the assumptions we made about Yamaha service requirements.<br/><br/> <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=2 align="center"> <tr> <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom"> <div style="padding:5px 0 5px 0;border: 1px solid #aabbcc;width:100%;font-weight:bold;background-color: #d7d7ce">Est. Total Cost of Ownership Over 10 Years</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" valign="top"> <table align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" width="100%"> <tr bgcolor="#aabbcc"> <td align="center"><b>E-TEC 90HP - Dealer Service Only</b><br/><br/> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> 7,229.00 </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="33%" valign="top"> <table align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" width="100%"> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeff"> <td align="center"><b>Yamaha F90 - Dealer Service Only</b><br/><br/> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> 7,979.00 </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td valign="top"> <table align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" width="100%"> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeff"> <td align="center"> <b>Yamaha F90 - Owner and Dealer Service</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> 5,243.00 </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom"> <div style="padding:5px 0 5px 0;border: 1px solid #aabbcc;width:100%;font-weight:bold;background-color: #d7d7ce">Resale Value at 10 Years</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" valign="top"> <table align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" width="100%"> <tr bgcolor="#aabbcc"> <td align="center"><b>E-TEC 90HP - Dealer Service Only</b><br/><br/> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> 2,300.00 </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="33%" valign="top"> <table align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" width="100%"> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeff"> <td align="center"><b>Yamaha F90 - Dealer Service Only</b><br/><br/> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> 3,200.00 </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td valign="top"> <table align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" width="100%"> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeff"> <td align="center"> <b>Yamaha F90 - Owner and Dealer Service</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> 3,200.00 </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom"> <div style="padding:5px 0 5px 0;border: 1px solid #aabbcc;width:100%;font-weight:bold;background-color: #d7d7ce">Operating Costs</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" valign="top"> <table align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"> <tr bgcolor="#aabbcc"> <td colspan="3" align="center"><b>E-TEC 90HP - Dealer Service Only</b><br/><br/> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#aabbcc"> <td align="center" valign="middle" width="20%"> Hours-Date </td> <td align="left" valign="middle" width="60%"> Cost Item </td> <td align="right" valign="middle" width="20%"> Cost </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 0<br/> 12/01/04 </td> <td align="left" valign="middle"> XD-50 Oil </td> <td align="right" valign="middle"> 29.31 </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 26<br/> 03/01/05 </td> <td align="left" valign="middle"> XD-50 Oil </td> <td align="right" valign="middle"> 29.31 </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 59 <br/> 11/01/05 </td> <td align="left" valign="middle"> XD-50 Oil </td> <td align="right" valign="middle"> 29.31 </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 70<br/> 01/26/06 </td> <td align="left" valign="middle"> Corroded coil ground (warranty repair) </td> <td align="right" valign="middle"> 0.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 96<br/> 07/19/06 </td> <td align="left" valign="middle"> XD-50 Oil </td> <td align="right" valign="middle"> 27.99 </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 110<br/> 08/22/06 </td> <td align="left" valign="middle"> Replaced engine fuel filter (factory recall) </td> <td align="right" valign="middle"> 0.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 119<br/> 10/19/06 </td> <td align="left" valign="middle"> XD-50 Oil </td> <td align="right" valign="middle"> 30.49 </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 123<br/> 10/23/06 </td> <td align="left" valign="middle"> Replaced oil pump assembly to address false low oil alarm (warranty repair) </td> <td align="right" valign="middle"> 0.00 </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#aabbcc"> <td align="right" valign="middle" colspan="2"> <b>TOTAL</b> </td> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <b>146.41</b> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="33%" valign="top"> <table align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeff"> <td colspan="4" align="center"><b>Yamaha F90 - Dealer Service Only</b><br/><br/> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeff"> <td align="center" valign="middle" width="20%"> Hours-Date </td> <td align="left" valign="middle" width="60%"> Cost Item </td> <td align="right" valign="middle" width="20%"> Cost </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 10<br/> 01/15/05 </td> <td align="left" valign="middle"> 10 hr service (basically gear oil and engine oil change) </td> <td align="right" valign="middle"> 158.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 1 Year<br/> 12/01/05 </td> <td align="left" valign="middle"> 100 hr/6 month + 200 hr/1 year service (See <a href="http://www.oceanskiffjournal.com/index.php/osj/1E1PS/643" target="_blank"><b>note</b></a>) </td> <td align="right" valign="middle"> 440.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 2 Years<br/> 12/01/06 </td> <td align="left" valign="middle"> 100 hr/6 month + 200 hr/1 year service (See <a href="http://www.oceanskiffjournal.com/index.php/osj/1E1PS/643" target="_blank"><b>note</b></a>) </td> <td align="right" valign="middle"> 440.00 </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeff"> <td align="right" valign="middle" colspan="2"> <b>TOTAL</b> </td> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <b>1,038.00</b> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td valign="top"> <table align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeff"> <td colspan="4" align="center"> <b>Yamaha F90 - Owner and Dealer Service</b> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeff"> <td align="center" valign="middle" width="20%"> Hours-Date </td> <td align="left" valign="middle" width="60%"> Cost Item </td> <td align="right" valign="middle" width="20%"> Cost </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 10<br/> 12/01/04 </td> <td align="left" valign="middle"> 10 hr service (gear oil and engine oil change: 1 gallon + 1 quart Yamalube oil ($20.95), 32 oz. Yamalube Gear Oil ($7.45), Yamaha oil filter ($12.95) + tax) </td> <td align="right" valign="middle"> 44.55 </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 1 year<br/> 12/01/05 </td> <td align="left" valign="middle"> 100 hr/6 month + 200 hr/1 year service (See <a href="http://www.oceanskiffjournal.com/index.php/osj/1E1PS/643" target="_blank"><b>note</b></a>). Total parts: $82.40 + tax </td> <td align="right" valign="middle"> 88.79 </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 2 Year<br/> 12/01/06 </td> <td align="left" valign="middle"> 100 hr/6 month + 200 hr/1 year service (See <a href="http://www.oceanskiffjournal.com/index.php/osj/1E1PS/643" target="_blank"><b>note</b></a>). 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