17-09-2021

Nissan Outboard Serial Number Lookup

For motors produced prior to 2003, complete the Request Form with the 5 digit serial number to request the model year. For motors produced in 2003 and beyond, the serial number (6 numbers + 2 letters) will indicate the Production Year. of the motor using the 2 letter code at the end of the serial number.

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Tohatsu dealers are able to provide parts, service and warranty support for all existing Nissan Marine owners. Tohatsu continues to build the same high-quality engine you’ve come to rely on and offers a full line of outboards, from 2.5hp to 250hp, all backed by a 5 year limited warranty.
Johnson, Evinrude, and Bombardier Outboard Serial Number Guide. OMC Outboard Engine Assy; Outboard Break-in; Mercury V6 Engine Assy; Convert to outboard jet; Search.

Outboard Motor manufacturers, If you are considering buying a new or used outboard engine or outboard boat, this is the page for you! We maintain the most extensive list of Outboard Motor Manufacturer Links available on the net, along with links to parts manual, service manuals, operators manuals and related information. Outboard Motor Manufacturers Directory is a Polson Enterprises web site.
If you happen to be interested in stern drives, inboards, water jets, surface drives, sail drives or other marine propulsion systems, you can find links to their manufacturers on our Marine Drive Manufacturers page.

INDEX to Outboard Motor Manufacturers

Outboard Motors
Ultra Shallow Running Outboards or Similar Drives
Industrial / Commercial Outboards
Major Rebuilders of Outboard Engines

RBBI Propeller Calculator

Calculate your boat speed or prop slip from
engine RPM, prop pitch and gear ratio.

If you are aware of an outboard with a web site not listed, please email us the URL. Also, please contact us with any comments you may have about the site or if you are interested in advertising on this page.
We have lost track of a few marine propulsion companies, for them we provide the last URL we saw them at and the date we removed them from the list. You can find info on several of them in the historical files at the Internet Archive.

Other Outboard Motor Information
Outboard Motor Reviews and Price Guides Who Really Makes Which Motor Outboard Parts Manuals, Outboard Service Manuals, Outboard Operators Manuals Outboard Motor Parts sources for outboard parts Outboard Owners Groups / Clubs for Specific Brands/Models Outboard Motor Technical Articles Feedback

Outboard Motor Manufacturers

Alpha Int'L Industrial & Trading Co., Ltd. - Chinese Outboard manufacturer
ATima - Chinese Outboard
Bombardier makes Evinrude and Johnson
Briggs & Stratton Gas & Electric Outboards small outboards
British Seagull Outboards no longer made
Chongqing Fano Development Company - small outboard from China
Chuanlaoda outboards - small outboards from China
Gull Outboards small outboards
Hidea small outboards from Hangzhou Hidea Power Machinery Co. of China
Hyfong small outboards built by Zhejiang Shunfeng Power Machinery Manufacture Co. in China. Alsoat Hyfong Outboards
Mainbon Shanghai Mainbon Industry Co. very small outboard from China
Marine Power Mercury's European group
Nautic Outboards
Outboards.cn shows several Star and Sail outboards
ParsunEngines.com Chinese outboards
Ruggerini diesel outboards from Italy
Selva Marine Outboards Italy
Sail Chinese outboards built by Jiangsu Tiger Yacht Manufacture Co.
Shunfeng small outboards built by Zhejiang Shunfeng Power Machinery Manufacture Co. in China
Sprint Marineoutboards from China
Star - Chinese outboards
Sun Jin Dynamics small outboards from Korea
Suzuki U.S. U.S. corporate site
Suzuki Japan corporate site
Yamaha-Motor North America Page Yamaha still sells the hydradrive primarily outside the U.S.
Yanmar diesel outboards no longer made
Zongshen by Chongqing Zongshen - Selva Marine (joint venture between Chongqing Zongshen Industrial Group and Selva Marine) small outboards from China
Zongshen also called Chongqing Zongshen, small gas and diesel outboards from China
Marine-Outboards.Com pricing information for several OB lines

Ultra Shallow Running Outboards or Similar Drives

Bog Hog Mud Motors very shallow running
Go-Devil Shallow running outboard
ProDrive Shallow Water Outboards mud boat drives
Scavenger Backwater Motors (shallow water running)
Stump-Jumper shallow running outboard
Taiwan Marine Engine (TME) outboards
Takt Outboard - small outboard from China
Tanaka small outboard motors from Japan
Tayako Motors - small outboard from Japan

Electric Outboard and Trolling Motor Manufacturers

Amemco - American Marine electric outboards was at amemco.com
Briggs & Stratton electric outboards
Electric Launch Company / ELCO electric outboards
Fuzion Electric Outboard by Griffin Leisure Boats
Minn Kota electric outboard
MotoGuide Brunswick's electric outboards
Outboard Electric Co high performance electric outboards was at outboardelectric.org one of their projects is now at Whisper
Parsun Marine electric ob
Ray Electric Outboards electric outboards
Torqeedo small German electric outboard
Whisper from EPIC (pioneered by Outboard Electric)

Industrial / Commercial Outboards

Harbormaster large outboards for barges
Sykes Hydromaster Steerable Marine Drives hydraulic drives 50-150 HP
Kaplan and Associates Hydraulic Outboard Drives for boats and barges

Miscellaneous Outboard Motors & Pump Jets

ACT Pump Jet Applied Combustion Tech
Dura Jet AFA Marine
Evinrude & Johnson Government & Military special units - submersible, pump jets, multi fuel, etc
I-Mars a 35 HP Pump Jet used by the military (Improved Military Amphibious Reconnaissance System) in mid 1990's
Yamato stadium racing outboards from Japan, also see in the UK

Major Rebuilders of Outboard Engines

Dozens of companies rebuild outboard motors, sell cores and powerheads. Due to high shipping costs, several excellent rebuilders serve regional markets, especially regions with high concentrations of outboards. A few of the larger rebuilders are listed below.

Mercury Remanufacturing Mercury outboards (click on 'Products'a top of page to see outboards listed)
Hydro-Tec rebuilt Yamaha outboards
Hardcore Marine Yamaha, Mercury, OMC

Outboard Motor Reviews and Price Guides

J.D. Powers annually issues awards to outboard manufacturers based on customer satisfaction in its surveys. Coverage of recent awards is in their press releases. 2008 awards
Nice Discussion of Outboard Motor Comparisons, Reviews, and Brand Loyalty of Small Outboards by AFA Marine Small Outboards
Pricing Guides
Note some guides are asking price (not final transaction price).
- NADA Free online access - select boat, then select outboard motor, then the brand
- ABOS Marine Blue Book no free access
- BUC no free access

Who Really Makes Which Outboards?

With Brunswick's recent outboard dumping claims against Yamaha, more people are becoming aware many outboards are not produced (or certainly not entirely produced) by the company selling them.

Trailer Boats recently published an excellent article titled, 'Who Makes What for Whom' by Jim Barron in their February 2006 issue (page 28). It details the 'who makes what for whom' now and in recent years.

Their article is summarized in the table below.

Drive Manufacturer	Who Actually Builds the Drives
Bombardier/OMC Johnson and Evinrude	Under both builders, from the powerhead down, the major differences in Johnson and Evinrude are the cowls and paint color. Until 2006, Suzuki manufactured the Johnson four strokes up to 225 HP. For 2006 Suzuki only makes the Johnson four strokes up through 30 HP, Evinrude produces direct injected two strokes (E-Tec) 40 HP and above.
Nissan	Nissan outboards are built by Tohatsu
Honda	Long ago, some Honda three cylinder powerheads were mounted on Mercury drive legs and props. For the last several years, Honda has built its full line of outboards.
Mercury Marine	2006 model Mercury four strokes from 2.5 through 30 HP are built by Tohatsu. Before Yamaha entered the U.S. market, Mercury's Mariner line was built by Yamaha. Last year (2005), Mercury four stroke powerheads from 25 through 225 HP (except the Verados) were built by Yamaha. Several of those models used Mercury drive legs, electronics and EFI systems (replacing carbs Yamaha used in similar sized engines). In 2006 models, Mercury four stroke powerheads from 40 to 225 HP (except the Verados) are built by Yamaha. Mercury's agreement with Yamaha ended in March 2006, at which time Mercury is expected to phase in more four cylinders (75 to 115 HP) based on the Verado engine block, but without supercharging or intercooling.

Outboard Motor Parts Manuals, Outboard Service Manuals, Outboard Operators Manuals

Several manufacturers put their parts manuals online. The table below provides links to online manuals and sources for others. You may need the year, model number and serial number of the outboard to select the proper manual.

Outboard Manufacturer	Parts Manual	Service Manual	Operators Manual
Briggs & Stratton	Parts Manual	Repair Manual	Owners Manual
Evinrude & Johnson	Online BRP Parts Catalog For 1996 and older, BRP refers owners to Ken Cook Marine Literature	Purchase one from us via Amazon or purchase one from an Evinrude/Johnson dealership	Purchase one from an Evinrude/Johnson dealership
Honda Marine	Contact your dealer	Honda refers you to Helm to purchase their service manuals that are print to order	Owners Manual can view for free or buy a hard copy
Mercury Marine	Enter your serial number at Mercury PartsExpress to view yours online or purchase one from Mercury	Purchase one from us via Amazon or purchase one from Mercury	Purchase one from Mercury
Selva	Purchase from Selva UK	Purchase from Selva UK	Purchase from Selva UK
Suzuki	Contact your dealer	Contact your dealer	Contact your dealer
Tohatsu / Nissan	Contact your dealer	Nissan refers you to Helm to purchase carbureted two stoke Tahatsu/ Nissan service manuals. The remaining service manuals are available from dealers	Nissan Owners Manuals
Yamaha	Online Parts Catalog or purchase from Yamaha	Purchase one from us via Amazon or purchase from Yamaha	Owners Manual

Outboard Motor Parts

Outboard parts are for sale by the engine manufacturers, thousands of dealers and retail outlets. We list a few sources below with web sites that seem a bit friendlier than the others below.

Yamaha Outboard Parts includes a message board
Outboard Exchange in CT

Outboard Owners Groups / Clubs for Specific Brands/Models

Verado Owners Club Verado Users Group has a nice message board

Outboard Motor Technical Articles

Some technical articles we have written about marine drives are below.

Propeller Driven, Recreational Marine Drive Designs; Learning from the Past with an Eye to the Future
U.S. Commercialization of Innovative, Propeller Driven Recreational Marine Drive Designs
Marketing New Marine Drive Concepts Similar to Outboards and Stern Drives: a Difficult Path for Independent Inventors and Small Companies and the Recreational Marine Drive Commercialization Path Chart
Recreational Marine Drives Technology Scouting Report a Marine Drive Design Blog

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