2-Stroke 3.5HP Outboard Motor, 2.5KW Heavy Duty Fishing Boat Engine, 5000rpm Gasoline Short Shaft Boat Motor with Half-Water Cooling CDI System Used in Kayaks, Canoes, Dinghies, Inflatable Boats

Motor arrived yesterday well packed and undamaged. I took off the propeller and added gear oil to the foot per some you tube videos I watched. I mixed some fuel in the little can that came with it. I used 1 bottle of 2 stroke Stihl oil I use in my weed eater and filled the rest of the can with gas. I assumed that would be a 30:1 mix that was recommended. Then, this morning I mounted it to my 12 ft aluminum Jon boat and headed to the lake. The motor pretty much started right up and ran pretty good if maybe a little choppy. I realize it needs breaking in, but I think it will be fine. After I run a few tanks of fuel thru it, I’m going to fill it with weed eater gas at 50:1 or whatever it is and see how that goes. It runs about twice as fast as my 30ft pound Minn Kota, so I’m pretty pleased and no longer have range anxiety wondering if my battery will last or not. I’ll hopefully post an update in a month or so to let everyone know how it turns out.Update: had a few difficulties starting it after four or five tanks of fuel but a new plug solved that and it runs good now on my weed eater gas. Not all that fast but it runs pretty decent if you don’t crank the throttle all the way over. I’m quite pleased with it. I can run it to the end of the lake and then switch to the trolling motor to fish.

First tank of gas I could only get 2 mph, 2nd tank I got up to 4 mph. This motor is perfect for my 2 man bass hound boat!

I wanted to buy a cheap 3.5 HP outboard for different reason... I got a toy that is super noisy, with a high pitch of metal on metal friction, the smell of melting plastic (couldn't find the origin) and that has less power than a 2 HP outboard.Additionally, the toy is completely unreliable: stopped working twice during a 15 minutes ride and is already rusting everywhere it is not plastic!The seller was doing his best so that I don't return it, asking me to to dismantle the toy to add grease, delaying answers...Finally because returning it would have cost me $163 at least and I can't imagine selling or even giving that to someone, I put it in the trash!