Is it worth fixing or just a boat anchor?

55 year old from Louisiana with first boat. The boat came with a engine laying in it. Its a Yamaha 25 mshu2 6k9 S 200127. I have no Idea on year or what, all i know is that the middle piston has a chunk missing from the skirt and the bottom piston looks like it got melted, the sleeves look great, no caverns or nothing, just need a power head lol,,,,or another engine....Thanks,,,

[boats.net]

The year is 1996. A new Yamaha powerhead is 6L2-W0090-11-4DCRANK CYLINDER ASSY
$885.76

Thank you, i thought it was much much older

thank you www.boat.net but ur wrong on this one.....

i have a yamaha 25 mshu2 6k9 S 2001237 and its a two cycle three cyl. engine not a two cyl...... everytime i look it up its a two cyl..... but i can count n its three......... whats up with this???? it just confuses me for sure.....

[boats.net]

Could the "U" in model number possible be a "V"? The 1997 is a 3 cylinder motor.

boat.net ur good!!!

I have fish egg on my face......correction, its a 25mshv2 6k9 S 200127. I did say im 55 n the first thing to go is the eye's, or..... sounds loads more expensive to me.... Thank u, i was wrong, u werent

[boats.net]

Yes that change the price of powerhead to $1169.78, it's number 1 at http://www.boats.net/parts/search/Ya...ASE/parts.html

[Bob Bradley]

25 twin

Yamaha made a 25 two stroke in a twin as well as a triple - I believe the twin is best as I have tried both engines on the exact same boat. The twin was slightly faster (on gps) and you can still lift the thing which is a killer doing with the triple. I owned it for 15 years - a nice one with electric start and oil injection. The only thinge I ever needed to do was to change the impeller every 6-7 years and plugs every three years (never fouled one) it was just for preventive maintenance. This thing never failed to start even when I would go down to my boathouse and jump up and down in the boat to break the boat free from the ice at -15C and had to wiggle the motor back and forth to break it free from the ice so I could steer it. Used B6HS plugs in the winter. Hey !!!! we're Canadian!! Too bad they are all gone now - Bob

Yes that change the price of powerhead to $1169.78, it's number 1 at Yamaha Outboard Parts 1997 25MLHV3 CYLINDER CRANKCASE Diagram