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Originally Posted by sck5
I have a 2 stroke mercury 8hp that I have had for a long time and it still works great. Very hard to mess up that motor and very easy to do maintenance. 4 strokes are more complicated machines. But by far the biggest plus of a 2 stroke is that they are way lighter for a given horse power than 4 strokes are.
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I have had one of each; my 2-stroke is 20 years old and still runs quite well. In addition to weight the related advantage is size: my 2-stroke is the only motor over 4hp that I can fit in the annoying transom hole on my C27, and still have it tilt out of the water. But if I get around to glassing over that hole some day, I will replace it with a 4-stroke.