Mariner 2.5 2 stroke

[LadyJ]

Great engine and light as a feather. I have the 2.5 mariner and the 3.3 mariner. Same engine just the couch that separates them. I agree re switching off the fuel but letting the engine run until it stalls as the dirty carb is a regular thing if you don't. I use the 3.3 as my son is the one that uses it most and I'm happier with the starting in neutral. Selling the 2.3 as a result but both great engines.

 

[charles_reed]

Fixed drive ITYWF

Quite common with the very small outboards

Good little engine if its all in running order. Unless vendor insists that has a new pump impeller factor into negotiations for a new one sooner rather than later. ( Behind prop so easy to access)

Would be nice to be able to check the gear case oil for water. Milky looking oil = new seals needed

Got a year or serial number to look up details.

Owners manual should be downloadable from Brunswick Marine's website if that is not with it.

http://download.brunswick-marine.com/download/main;jsessionid=105vjo07c1lcd?type=corp

To add:-
If a Mariner more likely to be a 2.2 hp - it's the same as the 2.5 Tohatsu.
On the 2.5 Tohatsu, the water-pump body is in alloy (on the 3.5 ss). If not run in FW or used for some time corrosion is always a problem.
Starting problems invariably due to dirt in carburettor - which on those old two strokes is difficult to clean thoroughly.
I had one for 5 years - survived a couple of duckings and finally the crankshaft bearing needed replacement.
Without a doubt the best small-HP two stroke ever produced, in Tohatsu, Mariner or Mercury varieties.
Finally, watch out for fractured fuel tank - only likely if used in the Med, where expansion and heat are too much for the plastic.
I'm still using the 3.5 version, bought 2nd hand, 10 years ago in Malta for £M80.

 

[NormanS]

To add:-
If a Mariner more likely to be a 2.2 hp - it's the same as the 2.5 Tohatsu.
On the 2.5 Tohatsu, the water-pump body is in alloy (on the 3.5 ss). If not run in FW or used for some time corrosion is always a problem.
Starting problems invariably due to dirt in carburettor - which on those old two strokes is difficult to clean thoroughly.
I had one for 5 years - survived a couple of duckings and finally the crankshaft bearing needed replacement.
Without a doubt the best small-HP two stroke ever produced, in Tohatsu, Mariner or Mercury varieties.
Finally, watch out for fractured fuel tank - only likely if used in the Med, where expansion and heat are too much for the plastic.
I'm still using the 3.5 version, bought 2nd hand, 10 years ago in Malta for £M80.

My Mariner two-stroke is definitely 2.5hp.

 

[lw395]

I have the Yamaha 2hp which is very similar.
Fixed drive, everything as simple as possible.
SWMBO can start it easily, which makes it a good choise for us.
Also it's as light as they come, easily passed from dinghy to yacht.

If it doesn't have a kill cord, you could fit one?

 

[VicS]

I have the Yamaha 2hp which is very similar.
Fixed drive, everything as simple as possible.
SWMBO can start it easily, which makes it a good choise for us.
Also it's as light as they come, easily passed from dinghy to yacht.

If it doesn't have a kill cord, you could fit one?

Ive used the 2 hp Yamaha and have to agree with that. Only thing I would suggest is that with a motor supposed to run on 100:1 either be sure to fog it before laying up, or use 50:1
I'd guess the recommended mix for the one the OP is considering is 50:1. ("ours" seized up one winter ...... although it was eventually freed up it never ran quite the same again)


The red curly thing in the OP's picture is surely the kill cord.

 

[VicS]

My Mariner two-stroke is definitely 2.5hp.

and it says 2.5 on the cowl in the OP's picture!

AFAIK Mariner did not produce a 2.2.
2 or 2.5

 

[contessaman]

one of the best little 2 strokes ever made.

all engines made by tohatsu, may be badged up as tohatsu, mariner or mercury.

2 models:

2.2 / 2.5 Hp = Fixed Fwd gear

3.3 / 3.5 Hp = Forward and Neutral Gear.

reverse achieved on all models by 360 degree steering.

Design been around since the 1980s until pushed out of production by the laws on 2 stroke engines.

They are everything a small outboard should be and my wife can pass it down to me in the tender in her fingertips because they are so light.

get a decent one and it'll last you forever.

 

[RichardS]

They are everything a small outboard should be and my wife can pass it down to me in the tender in her fingertips because they are so light.

Although if the OP wanted to consider a quiet 4-stroke with a proper gearshift which is also light enough for your wife / daughter to pass down to the tender, our Suzuki 2.5 ticks all the same boxes.

Richard

 

[gandy]

Although I've not seen a Mariner badged 2.2 the service manual which is dual Mercury / Mariner branded shows 2.2 as the earlier model and 2.5 later. Our 2.2 couldn't take a kill cord, so that might have come in the later model.

 

[Davy_S]

all engines made by tohatsu, may be badged up as tohatsu, mariner or mercury.

2 models:

2.2 / 2.5 Hp = Fixed Fwd gear

3.3 / 3.5 Hp = Forward and Neutral Gear.

reverse achieved on all models by 360 degree steering.

My 3.3 is an Evinrude, exactly the same as the one in the photo, no forward and neutral, pump behind prop. Maybe Evinrude, like Honda made their own small engines instead of using rebadged Tohatsu.

 

[VicS]

Although I've not seen a Mariner badged 2.2 the service manual which is dual Mercury / Mariner branded shows 2.2 as the earlier model and 2.5 later. Our 2.2 couldn't take a kill cord, so that might have come in the later model.

Mrcury offered a 2.2 1984 to 1989 ITYWF.

I suspect at that time Mariner were selling what looks like a rebadged 2 hp Yamaha