Thinking of purchasing a Nissan 18hp 2-stroke

[aaronjbrowning]

Hey guys,
Thinking about purchasing this engine for my Lowe 1636. Anyone have this motor? Thoughts on it? Concerns? Anything I should specifically check for? Thanks

Beautiful condition, light duty 1995 Nissan NS18D 2-stroke outboard motor with a short shaft (18in). Lightest 18hp outboard you can buy, designed to be the weight and dimensions of a 15hp motor but with more power! In excellent running condition with minimal external wear.

 

[shawnfish]

i know nothing about nissan OB's so i cant tell ya nothing about em. i just know that i dont see too many of them on the water wich would make me wonder why and be concerned.....could always go with a johnny/rude

 

[DanMC]

Hey guys,
Thinking about purchasing this engine for my Lowe 1636. Anyone have this motor? Thoughts on it? Concerns? Anything I should specifically check for? Thanks

Beautiful condition, light duty 1995 Nissan NS18D 2-stroke outboard motor with a short shaft (18in). Lightest 18hp outboard you can buy, designed to be the weight and dimensions of a 15hp motor but with more power! In excellent running condition with minimal external wear.

Nissan OB is basically a Tohatsu made motor !...they are good motors,is your Made in Japan ?, if it is =D> !
Dan

 

[shawnfish]

Hey guys,
Thinking about purchasing this engine for my Lowe 1636. Anyone have this motor? Thoughts on it? Concerns? Anything I should specifically check for? Thanks

Beautiful condition, light duty 1995 Nissan NS18D 2-stroke outboard motor with a short shaft (18in). Lightest 18hp outboard you can buy, designed to be the weight and dimensions of a 15hp motor but with more power! In excellent running condition with minimal external wear.

Nissan OB is basically a Tohatsu made motor !...they are good motors,is your Made in Japan ?, if it is =D> !
Dan

i heard europe and canada are very similar in alot of ways and never understood what was the same................ now i understand what they meant by that :wink:

 

[JMichael]

My brother has one on his boat. I replaced his impeller for him and tuned it up. After all trim adjustments were made, it would push my fat butt 22mph according to the GPS. That's with 6 gal of fuel, trolling motor and battery. It starts first pull cold or hot, and has a great idle. Can't tell you much more than that as he bought it used and has only been using it for 1 year so far.

 

[aaronjbrowning]

My brother has one on his boat. I replaced his impeller for him and tuned it up. After all trim adjustments were made, it would push my fat butt 22mph according to the GPS. That's with 6 gal of fuel, trolling motor and battery. It starts first pull cold or hot, and has a great idle. Can't tell you much more than that as he bought it used and has only been using it for 1 year so far.

thanks mike!

 

[Mike Redmond]

In this part of the country,some of us would give one of our delicate parts for this motor,,its a grand engine and it kicks b...

 

[noengerny]

I just installed a brand-new 20 hp fuel injected Suzuki on my 16 foot V-Hull, I doesn't need a battery, so I run my sonar with a little motorcycle battery. I'm now the happiest guy in Panama City.

 

[bbstacker1]

They are a very good engine, well built and tough. I have a 1995 Tohatsu 15 hp and it runs very strong. The only issue I have had is getting some of the parts, once Tohatsu's get past 10 years old they really cut down on the parts they continue to make for them.

 

[aaronjbrowning]

thanks for the info. heading out to look at it tomorrow. going to run it on muffs and check the compression. anyone know what the compression should be? anything else I need to check?

 

[JMichael]

Check the gears, lower unit oil for water, and make sure prop shaft isn't bent.

 

[bbstacker1]

Compression on my 15 is 140+, I would think the 18 should be in the same range.

 

[PATRIOT]

I've been running my 15HP Nissan 2-stroke for over 15 years and literally hundreds of miles . . . it just won't quit so I may get a new 4-stroke anyway. The question is . . . how much 4-stroke will at least match the 2-stroke perfomance?

 

[JMichael]

I've never owned a 4 stroke, but from what I've read you get the same power but it takes longer to get the rpm up (slower hole shot) and the 4 stroke weighs more than the same hp rated 2 stroke.