Gonyea’s Marine Service

I have a small sailboat with a 1990 10hp outboard that was working fine at my house, but at the boat launch, after spending 2 hours raising the mast and prepping the boat, we launched it and and the motor would not run.
So, I parked it in the parking lot and called Dave the next day. I’m very happy I found Gonyea’s. Took it in and he had it ready later in the day, $ 140 carb low idle circuit cleaning and it runs very good. Highly recommend.

I searched around before deciding where to take my fathers outboard in for diagnostics. Gonyea’s seemed like the best bet so I gave them a shot. I explained to them when I dropped it off that I already knew it had 1 dead cylinder and I only wanted them to tear it down and estimate a total repair, ie: no major work done without my approval. I got a call that same day with a very thorough explanation of what was wrong and a quote for the repairs. Unfortunately the cost to repair was equal to the value of the engine so I told them I would just come pick it up and pay them for the tear down. When I got there the owner I forget his name explained to me in great detail what exactly was wrong, why it happened, and even gave a basic explanation of how a 2 stroke motor works. He then showed me the damage, loose pistons, metal shavings etc before loading it up in my truck. Total cost was $ 150 for labor and diagnostics, and that is more than reasonable.
I had been told by other shops that you could repair just 1 cylinder since the motor was balanced differently from a normal combustion engine. The owner explained visually and verbally why this was not true.
I would recommend this company, for honest service and fair prices.