i was just wondering if anyone owns or knows someone that owns an e-tec motor and has problems with them. i have an '08 150ho and have had lots of problems. all 6 injectors have been replaced, a bad oil sensor, leaking lower unit, and the newest one i have no idea what this is. friday night i was fishing on 50lb bar and i started the motor to head in at 10pm, put it in gear and the motor died. the gauges went dead and the trim/tilt didn't work. fuse was blown. installed new fuse, tried to start motor and motor wouldn't start. then fuse blew again. great. looked around and saw no boat lights. even better. put trolling motor on full power and headed back to treelands at a whole 2.9 mph. took me 45 min. to make it back. i'm glad i invested in the optimas this year. only put one fish in the boat last week. a 37. lost a mid 40's and saw 6 others. not a good way to end the trip