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2006 Honda 150 HP possible purchase

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Don Campbell

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Am looking at a nice 26 ft Pursuit walk around tomorrow that has two of these engines. Would really appreciate some sage council on them as I am of the inboard Mercruiser world.
Things that cross my mind: What would be considered a reasonable life span (hours) on these engines?
Are there specific things I should check on them before lying down the cash? IE: recalls, overheat, ECM issues?
Any advise is much appreciated...even if it is to walk away from them.
Thanks in advance!
Don
 
The 150's were introduced in 2004. I consider them one of Honda's workhorses.

I have repowered many boats with the 150 since 2004. The first ones that we put on, were on a workboat where "scientists" ( not boaters) regularly used them to do water samples in the Midwest. So they are in fresh water. They have over 2000 hours on them. Only had issues of running into things. However, they are close by and they have the motors serviced on a regular basis.

None of the others have any any trouble that we know of.

As far a "recalls". Honda considers a safety issue a recall. Here is a list of all the recalls of all the Honda outboards, that Honda publishes on their website. http://marine.honda.com/support/recalls

The only major one for the 150 is the shift arm. Only takes a few minutes to change. It should have already been done to the engine. If not, there is not time limit for recalls.

There have been some issues with main relays (engines failing to start due to water intrusion in the relay module) and timing chain case corrosion (around the thermostat housing...causing leakage) Most of these problems occur around salt water.

I would recommend having a Honda dealer check them out. They can check previous trouble history and how many hours at different speed ranges. They should also do a compression check and a leak down (if there seems to be issues discovered by the compression check).

The ultimate test would then be to take the boat out for a test run and run it at different speeds to be sure that the motors do what you think they should do and the boat is really what you want.

Hope that was of some help.

Mike
 
Although not a common problem, some of the BF135/150 have had crankshaft thrust bearing failures. I'm not sure if the 2006 models were involved.
Before lying down your cash and on top of what Mike has said, I would suggest checking the thrust bearing by checking that the crankshaft end float is within spec.
To test, gently pry under the crank pulley. The spec is about 0.012" - 0.018"

Bob
 
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