200 mercury head upgrade?

[DEX]

looking for some information before a friend of mine gets taking advantage of. He has his boat for sale it has 98 200 mercury optimax on it. a guy who wants to buy it talked to a dealer and the dealer says that this model may need an upgrade to the head. i dont know what's the reason for this. nothing is wrong as far as i can tell and the dealer has never seen the boat. i think he is trying to cut the price. anybody ever heard of upgrading the the head on this motor?maybe a factory recall? or bad head? or someone trying to pull a fast one? thanks for any info

[Barnacle Bill]

Best thing to do is contact a dealer with the serial number of the motor and ask them.

[foul hook]

Dont buy into that BS. He is selling a good motor that is running. Let the buyer worry about any upgrades.

[Hogster1]

Some early model Opti max motors had troubles with blowing head gaskets.Not all but some, i would say this is what the buyer has been told.They redesigned the head to keep this from happening.
I would say if it has many hours on it and has not popped a gasket yet then its not likely too. They were pretty quick to do it when new.
Hope this helps.:D

[DEX]

thanks guys, sounds like bs to me to

[brushnjigs]

A 98 opti, thinking 98 was still efi. Go over to bass boat central, go to the mercury board and start a thread asking (europeanAM or sherm) along with serial number. He will answer your question. Sounds fishy to me.

[skeetbum]

If compression is good and it runs good, tell the guy to take a hike.