Re: 100 hour service
hahaahaah<br /> you guys and your hundred hour services kill me.<br /> I do them all the time. its really quite funny. most times thats all the motor ever gets. never gets the 200,400,500 or 1000 hour maint much less the daily,weekly monthly semi annuall or yearly<br /> I have boats that are 10 years old and have had a couple 100 hour services, mostly when they broke. dont bring me a motor for maint thats broke. if its broke its broke. follow the maint schedules. dont allow the dealer to skimp. if at 100 hours the GED DANG zinc is bad its bad. does not matter if its got 3 weeks,100 hours 10 years or 1000 hours. if the dang zinc is bad its bad.<br /> thats why I do what I do. I tell my customers it costs what it costs and I cant tell them to the penny+tax what it will be, if they dont like it there are 10 more dealers in the next 150 miles. go. ya have to remember its a general schedule. its not written in stone. it also depoends on how your running it. you have a very high quality product. if you get to hung up on just hours and forget the calender part your pooched. if you do a lot in shallow sandy waters check the water pump every 6months or 100 hours. dont wait till it quits.<br /> there is also some maint that is not in the book on the VST filter. most people allow the dealers to wait until something breaks before they look at the VST.for some reason the 2 and 4 stokes are a bit different in the VST maint schedule. maybe its cause its so blasted expensive yamaha is embarresed. dont know. the 2 stroke EFI is a 200 hour or 1 year. the 4 stroke never mentions it.the filter is actually smaller on the 4 stroke. so best I can say is buy a 2005 marine tech guide and become familiar with your motor. then instead of telling the dealer ya want a 100 hour service you can track what is actually done and what is needed
