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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Gal
When I think of two strokes, I think of the stink.  Do all two strokes smell bad or is that a thing of the past on older engines? Also, does the two stroke pollute more? Thanks. |
Hi R-Gal!
To answer your questions... no and no.
Evinrude's Etec (which is a two stroke) has proven that two strokes can be extremely clean. They are CARB 3 Star rated and are actually the cleanest burning outboard motors on the market currently. No other brand of outboards produces fewer reportable emissions than the E-TEC.
Four strokes are great and for the most part clean...that is if all the oil that has to be changed regularly is disposed of in a proper manner, which as we all know is highly doubtful...
As an fyi... I own both, a two stroke Etec and a 4 stroke Mercury Verado. Both are great engines!
Dan