Thread: susuki boat motor

Awesome info about Van's. Glad to know there is a location close to me now!

I believe gull lake marine is a Suzuki dealer also


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Originally Posted by steelguy

this motor may be a mistake for me...............I have a hard time hearing much of anything without my hearing aids...
good thing I hear that it is so good on fuel , because I am sure to leave it running if it is really THAT quiet!!

Lol... It’s that quiet.... Even out of the water on muffs it’s crazy quiet.

Originally Posted by wicklundrh

I was rereading Speir Fishing's post. Please don't take the above as "know it all". I did not cross reference every oil on the market to see if the specs were met. I will however check the stuff he mentioned though as I can source it locally. Thanks for the infor Speir!!!

John,
I also recommend installing a 10 micron filter inline from your fuel tank to the motor. Although Suzuki does have a small cartridge style filter inside the motor cowel, I still would but in a 10 micron inline just to be safe.

A couple of other things to note. The pee hole at the back will be adjustable. I adjust mine so that I can see the stream from the captains chair to ensure it is working. It will rotate 360 degrees. After you use the motor, there is built up pressure above the impeller. Many people have cold seeze issues and frozen pee holes because of this ( on all sorts of motors). You however are lucky. That rotating pee cap can be popped off. When you get to the dock, prior to transporting home, run the motor all the way down. This will allow lower unit water behind the prop to drain. While this is draining, remove the pee cap. Once done, unscrew your clean water flush port. It is located on the port side of the motor. This will relieve the pressure built up above the impellor and allow any water to drain out of the freshwater flush plug and the pee hole. Go about your stuff with readying your boat for transport. Before leaving, screw the cap back on and pop the pee cap back in. I have also been know to blow out any residual water.

Trust me, if you don't do this when the weather is cold, it WILL freeze up on you. Since I added the above to my take out procedures, I have not had the issue since. If you do run in to the issue, do not fear. Remove the pee cap. Take a small socket extension (1/4 inch drive) and heat it with a lighter and stick it in the hole. Continue to do this and it will melt the ice.

You will love the motor. I surely do! Just a few tricks to perform and if you get used to them you will never have an issue. Trust me, I've left my motor running on more than one occasion as it is way too quite!!! My kicker motor (yamaha) is also quite but not near as quite as my Suzuki!

Let me know if you need anything else. I've done all the maintenance and labor on mine from impeller changes to prop changes and everything in between. Had one interesting thing during service this year. A rubber "Thing" fell out of the motor cowell. I had no idea where it came from and how it went back in. I went to Brown's, pulled a skematic, and quickly found that it is a diverter in the top section of the motor to divert air for the air induction. Once I saw it, I saw how it went in!!!

Yes sir. I was just passing on what I was told. It dumbfounded me when I bought more oil from him and he brought me a case of Carquest 10w40.... He also said the only thing needed upstream of the motor was a water separator. I also like to watch my engine temp on a gauge, he said not to waste the money because the motor will react to an overheat faster than me or that gauge....

Dad used a Fram filter on his 04 200 last year, scored the filter with the pliers putting it on. The motor blew the filter apart and dumped all the oil in the cowling/river, the motor shut itself down instantly. I had to pull him back to the ramp but a Suzuki oil filter and whatever cheap oil he could find and it was back running like it always has. I count that as oil filter installer snafu versus a motor problem, the motor did exactly what you’d hope it would, otherwise it would have been complete powerhead melt down.

Well John, you know I wear hearing aids. I hate to tell you this story, but it's a credit to Suzuki Motors. Sandy and I came in from fishing on the Au Sable River. She backed the trailer down in the water and I drove the pontoon up on it. She pulled me out of the water and out of the way of the ramp. I climbed off the front of the pontoon and we started taking things from the doorway of the boat to the truck. Suddenly Sandy said what is running (sometimes I leave the live well pump on) no, it wasn't that. Oh crap, I didn't shut the motor off. I scrambled up the ladder and quickly shut the motor off. I told Sandy the water pump is probably shot. She backed me back in the water and I started the motor, it started right up and water was coming out of the pee hole. Never had any issues. Must have run 5 min. or more out of the water. Neither one of us heard it running and she hears good.

Larry that is too funny! But,.....I can give you and Sandy the number of a new audiologist...

I own one and have never had any issues with it in 10 years... nothing... purrs like a kitten !

I’m in Port St Joe fishing right now, seeing a bunch of Suzuki’s down here. Tow Boat US has 4 boats in front of his office, 3 have Suzuki’s the other is an inboard.....