We bought our Suzuki outboards from Lou's Marine in Gulf Breeze, so far a 2 1/2 hp, a 4, a 6 and a 25. I scheduled our Sorg Runabout WILLOW for some Preventative Maintenance, bought her a new lead acid battery and asked Gary what he sees causing unscheduled maintenance. He says the top 3 reasons are bad fuel, bad fuel and bad fuel. He recommends using marine grade gas with no ehtanol, adding a fuel stabilizer like StaBil 360 and installing a water separating fuel filter.
WILLOW will get an oil change and a new water pump impeller, and we are also going to put an On/Off switch for the battery on the battery case. Speaking of batteries, I asked Gary if the AGM batteries were better and he said no, that Suzuki requires lead acid and using an AGM will actually void warranty coverage for some items. There are issues with the AGM batteries providing proper voltage to the Suzuki computers. I also asked Gary about chargers, we are getting a "Smart charger" for the battery that provides short and long term charging and he said that will work great.
Log of WILLOW.
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