2017 Honda 9.9 HP BFP10D3LHT Outboard Motor

Listed here, Honda's BFP10D3LHT runs a Honda rating of 9.9 HP, freshened for 2017. The shaft here , particularly, is 20-inch, a push-button electric starter. Built for one-person lifting and mounting, clearly, not a crane to step it.

Check the shaft first

This motor runs a 20-inch shaft, simply, labeled long by Honda. Compare that to your transom's height before you buy.

Thrust over top speed

This Power Thrust gearcase runs the larger 10-inch, 6.5-inch-pitch propeller fitted to this model, better for a heavier boat.

How you run it

This is a tiller-steered motor. This one tops out 5000-6000 rpm , roughly, at full throttle. You get CARB's 3-star emissions rating. You can run , arguably, it fine running in saltwater.

It has forward, neutral, and reverse. Wet-sump lubrication here takes , plainly, FC-W 10W-30 oil.

It's a 222cc powerhead. It runs on 86 octane unleaded.

On a small boat, genuinely, whether as kicker, really, or primary, simple controls beat a complicated remote-steer, typically, setup.

After a day on the water, flush it and rinse off the , generally, exterior to slow down corrosion over time.

It's straightforward mechanically, broadly, nothing like a big-block job. Parts and service are the ordinary, here, small-outboard kind, nothing exotic.

For running two side , altogether, by side? confirm rotation first. Fresh gas now saves a rough restart later.

Honda covers it with the 5-year Honda warranty.

Before you buy

Electric start? Yes, fundamentally, plus a pull-start backup.

Power tilt? Yes.

New or used? New.

Shaft length? 20 , actually, inches (long).

Weigh this against the rest , chiefly, of Honda's small-outboard lineup before you order.

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