As you may have learned from my other posts, my 150 Ficht blew the powerhead at 94 hours. I have to say that Evenrude was quite helpful as was Don's Marine in Tivertonb, Ri. Thank God I have a 3 year warranty. My failure related to snsor inadequate sensitivity when oil lift pump partially failed. Three weeks later (20 days but in september who counts? -me!) I was back on water with new powerhead etc. upgrade kit installed. sriosly, except for the blown powerhead (5 miles from dock, it could have been 25 that day!), everything is super. Bottom line somewhat wary but satisfied. PS I hate Mercs.