brk Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Hi Everyone, Anyone out there know much about ficht engines Ive got a 2000 175 that just really drinks fuel, real bad at idle up to 22l/hour and its not really that economical at cruise either. I had a carb 150 yamaha on a similar sized boat and it didnt use as much as this. It seems to run ok just drinks too much. Thanks in advance Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanwz Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Brett I had a 1999/2000 175 Ficht on a Whittley 6.3 Sea Legend and I used to get an average of 15 litres/hr running at 20 to 30 knots doing Broken Bay and offshore - had the rough idle spots at 1000rpm and 2000rpm but was a very reliable and not too smokey engine. It only had 60 or 80 hours on it. Can't remember what prop I had ( I bought it in 2004 with 30'ish hours on it). I'd checked with Bombardier (Evinrude) and the recalls had been done on it back in 2000 Evan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy0884 Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 It sounds like you could be over propped, if you are running a propeller with too much pitch then it will cause the engine to labour and consume fuel at an excessive rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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