spfortjohn
New Member
I am in the market for a new boat, My current boat is an outboard and the wife likes the I/O Sundeck 260 (So I guess that is what we are getting if I want to stay married.)
My neighbor has an 06 22 Select with the 5.7 mag and it dropped a valve yesterday, His has 320 hours. Another friend of mine has a 240 sundeck with the 5.0 and his dropped a valve also. Seems like both kissed the and now needs to be replaced with a long block. Big money
piston
1. is this common in the I/O motors?
2. Why does this happen?
Kinda makes me nervous as we current have 450 hours on my Yamaha outboard without any problems.
I know the problems with I/O in salt water manifolds and such need to be replaced every 5 years or so but to have the motor crap out with such low hours does not make sense.
My neighbor has an 06 22 Select with the 5.7 mag and it dropped a valve yesterday, His has 320 hours. Another friend of mine has a 240 sundeck with the 5.0 and his dropped a valve also. Seems like both kissed the and now needs to be replaced with a long block. Big money
piston
1. is this common in the I/O motors?
2. Why does this happen?
Kinda makes me nervous as we current have 450 hours on my Yamaha outboard without any problems.
I know the problems with I/O in salt water manifolds and such need to be replaced every 5 years or so but to have the motor crap out with such low hours does not make sense.