Yes or No to extended service plan for Yamaha 90 2 stroke?

[something fishy]

Two years ago, I repowered with a 90hp Yamaha 2 stroke. Prior to my purchase, several of my boating buddies touted this motor for its overall reliability. To date, it has never let me down. I only get to use it for approximately 40 hours per year. Should I invest $960.00 for the 3 year plan?

 

[john lamon]

I think Yamaha is a good product, I have a 1985 25 hp yamaha on my fishing boat that I have had since new and the only thing I have done to it is change spark plugs and clean the carbs a few times, it has seen heavy use, when I was a kid I would run it all day every weekend, it was submerged once for over 24 hours when someone stole it 18 years ago and it still runs like a top.

You probably don't need the extended warranty but if something goes wrong you'll be kicking yourself for not buying it, it's kind of a gamble.

Off topic here a little but still warranty related- I usually buy a new Polaris snowmobile every two years- always buying the extended warranty, I had no problems with 4 sleds so on the last one I decided to save the $850.00 for the extended plan- of course two weeks after my warranty was over the engine blew up- cost me over $3000.00

Sorry for the the long winded post, just trying to give you a few different way's to look at it, again, when talking about a Yamaha O/B in my opinion they are bullet proof.

 

[Chris E]

when i was in the biz, extended warranties had a 50% margin to the dealer. yamaha is a good product, keep your money. if you were putting 200 hours a year, i'd have a different opinion, but you'll be lucky to have 200 hours on it before the warranty expires. use a high quality oil and you should be fine.

 

[Fun Times]

IMO if the engine was EFI then I would say yes get the warranty, But since it's not an EFI then I would say save your money for now for the little things that may come up that is probably not covered anyways.

If your handy with basic tools then buy a service manual and maybe a good volt meter for your engine and give it a try on your own first, Because, Nowadays you have the internet that may be able to help you out of a situation.
Good luck with your final decisions on this one.