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Old 30 March 2009, 22:08   #1
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200Hp Suzuki with 700 hrs on clock, issues ?

Any problems or things I shoudl watch out for ?

This is powering a 7m rib.

I have been told it gets circa 100nm out of 160 Litre tank.... is this about right... seem a bit low to me ?
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Old 31 March 2009, 20:54   #2
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Is it a DF200 4-stroke, or a DT200 2 stroke?
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Is it a DF200 4-stroke, or a DT200 2 stroke?
And how old is it?
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3 years old

4 stroke
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1.6 litres/nm is a lot. Erin's getting much better economy on a 6.5 Vipermax with the same motor. It would depend on how it's driven though.

http://rib.net/forum/showpost.php?p=288678&postcount=4

There were some issues with early DF250s, but the DF200s seem to have been ok.
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If that fuel consumtion estimate is correct then it certainly sounds high. Might depend on how well propeed it is and also how much weed on the hull. I'd get a Suzuki dealer to plug in the laptoip to check the engine parameters and the history of any alarms or faults. It stores the last three faults that have gone off.
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should get allot better than that, im using approx 0.8-0.9 nm to 1ltr at cruising speeds. with a 3 /16/21.5 prop,
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