Gene&Mary
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I am starting a new thread (not the first one) on this subject because I didn't want to hijack the thread on the Suzuki 140hp engine Anode assistance and I'm still angry at Suzuki for my having to replace my 2005 Suzuki 90 hp due to its corrosion problem.
While looking at the links that Bob Austin posted on the anode assistance question, one of the answers was this....the bolding is mine-
Tap them with a wood dowel and a hammer to break them loose. Just change mine this week. They will have aluminum oxide all over them looking like salt crystals. This kind of maked them stick a bit. You wont hurt them. When removing the actual anode, I found that it was best to grab the old anode with some channel locks and turn. tap the bolt out of the old anode with a flat punch if they are stuck. Clean the bolts up after you remove them. What year is this motor? If it is pre 2007, you should look at getting the exhaust plug removed from the engine mount. It is a ferrous metal plug in an aluminum housing, that will erode the aluminum to the point of eating a complete hole through it. It rots from the inside out, by galvanic corrosion. It's not a matter of if, it is when it will rot the engine mount out. Suzuki will not acknowledge a defect and attrinutes it to corrosion. Ya think? They do not put the plug there on 2007+ models. No problem tho, yea right. The plug is not needed, and I just had mine welded shut. I had to drill the plugs out, because they were already corroded in place. Only 260 hours on my motors and they are 05's. I will attach a couple of links to show what I am referring to.
http://www.marineengine.com/boat-for...em-anyone-else
http://www.navagear.com/2007/11/01/my-johnsons-fixed/
In my efforts to get Suzuki to accept responsibility and pay some costs, I have gone the BBB in California (worthless) and the WA State Attorney General (also worthless).
My question is, is the situation described above the same as the corrosion problem previously discussed in the C Brats? I believe it is.
I am thinking my next step may be to go to one of consumer investigators on the local TV stations and see if I can interest them in my problem. Does anyone have any other ideas on who I might go to for help?
Thanks
While looking at the links that Bob Austin posted on the anode assistance question, one of the answers was this....the bolding is mine-
Tap them with a wood dowel and a hammer to break them loose. Just change mine this week. They will have aluminum oxide all over them looking like salt crystals. This kind of maked them stick a bit. You wont hurt them. When removing the actual anode, I found that it was best to grab the old anode with some channel locks and turn. tap the bolt out of the old anode with a flat punch if they are stuck. Clean the bolts up after you remove them. What year is this motor? If it is pre 2007, you should look at getting the exhaust plug removed from the engine mount. It is a ferrous metal plug in an aluminum housing, that will erode the aluminum to the point of eating a complete hole through it. It rots from the inside out, by galvanic corrosion. It's not a matter of if, it is when it will rot the engine mount out. Suzuki will not acknowledge a defect and attrinutes it to corrosion. Ya think? They do not put the plug there on 2007+ models. No problem tho, yea right. The plug is not needed, and I just had mine welded shut. I had to drill the plugs out, because they were already corroded in place. Only 260 hours on my motors and they are 05's. I will attach a couple of links to show what I am referring to.
http://www.marineengine.com/boat-for...em-anyone-else
http://www.navagear.com/2007/11/01/my-johnsons-fixed/
In my efforts to get Suzuki to accept responsibility and pay some costs, I have gone the BBB in California (worthless) and the WA State Attorney General (also worthless).
My question is, is the situation described above the same as the corrosion problem previously discussed in the C Brats? I believe it is.
I am thinking my next step may be to go to one of consumer investigators on the local TV stations and see if I can interest them in my problem. Does anyone have any other ideas on who I might go to for help?
Thanks