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DO NOT be afraid of the ox66 motor, you cant kill them. they run forever and are bullet proof.. At least mine was, never gave me a problem. flawless motor !!

welcome, when u change out ur water pump make sure u change ur poppet valve and both thermastats

got rehubbed acouple of days ago, have not put her in the water yet hopefully this week.. dropped LU oil no shavings and no play in shaft ill keep u updated.

i agree seasick. I took my hub to a shop yesterday, it wasnt poured it was pressed in and done in 15 minutes. Is pouring better ? The one thing that was intresting was they asked me was i shore i spun the prop because he told me most all yamaha props when spun come out very easy. he said mine...

I have a ox66 200hp. i called yamaha service they told me at idle the motor runs on 4 cylinders, after 2000 she runs on 6.As far as prop and rpm's i have a yamaha prop 13 3/4 x 17M. Im pretty satisfied with results WOT 5100 at 47 mph but there again, were am i going im just enjoying the day and...

thank u finest kind.i appreciate that . I was debating to drop the oil or not just to make sure. but I see ur point. as I mentioned the prop shaft looks straight no noise in motor that I could here. sending out prop on Monday to get re hubbed. when you rehub a prop is it just as good as a...

thank u ky grady.. Ijust changed pump this spring so I think impeller should be fine. I will mark hub and propeller tomorrow . I was more concerned about lower unit, however I feel alittle better by you and saesicks comments. like I said I really didn't hear any noise coming from lower unit but...

thank you ky grady and seasick. what do u mean by change it out ky grady . thanks

thank u everyone. I was thinking spun hub also, but when i heard that i could have damaged my lower unit, well that made me very concerned. could u tell me the signs of a damaged lower unit ,also if i sucked alittle sand and mud up from being grounded could that be something to be concerned...

hello all. I need ur professional opinion and would appreciate ur help.. I was going slow through the channel [like I should] and nothing of my fault a kayaker would not get out of the way, so I went around them on LOW TIDE and I ran aground . my motor started to bounce and motor hit sanding...

hello to all.. I went to grease my manual steering on my 1999 adventure 208 OX66 the other day. It looks like the rod that goes though has a bend to it on the primer bulb side that goes into the starboard aft and you cannot pull it all the way out .. Beside dropping the whole motor, is there a...

sooo.. i called yamaha about the lower compression on the bottom cylinders this is what the teck told me.. all 6 cylinders should have the same or close compression within 10 to 15%. He never neard of yamaha designing a motor with lower compression in the bottom cylinders. This is really a...

good luck with ur search.. Like i mention if u are a new boat owner, i feel a smaller 18 to 20 perfect, than u can always go bigger if u like.. for me the walk around is the perfect family and fishing boat good luck

thank u for that info.. like i said i was very surprise about that info, never would have known that.. I will call up yamaha to get the reason why

WOW, unbelievable, I guess you guys are right !! I did shoot some 2 stroke oil in the cylinders today as seasick mentioned. compression was the same on the bottom 2 cylinders 90 to 95. I would have never guess that in a million years.I diff would love to know the reason !!

thank u seasick.. does it matter what kind of oil i shoot in Is WD40 good

i agree with seasick and the other repleys and trust me these guys know what there talking about !!! they helped me out more than a few times my advice take ur time and ALWAYS get a good survey !! although 9k is alot of money .. for a decent GRADY it is not. I am fairly new to boating...

had the same problem. change ur sender about 55 dollars ,and your on your way

hello, I have a question for u all. I did a compression check on my 2000 V6 yamaha XO66. top and middle cylinders had 120 -125, but the 2 bottom cylinders had about 90. I thought that was a alittle low ,but my friend said that was normal for the 2 bottom cylinders to have lower compression than...

HI.. Could anyone please tell me were i can purchase a GOOD service manual for my 1999 200 yamaha OX-66 2 stroke.. I am going to try this season to do my own work on my motor and need a detailed manual thank u