Hours Question?

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Marlin1

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Is 589 hours alot of running time on A motor.<br />I am looking at A marlin boat 16 footer with A merc cruiser 4 cylinder.Runs good has A slight rattle to the motor at high rpms around 3k plus. Just wondering if someone can give me some info on this. Thanks
 
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Trent

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Re: Hours Question?

Id concider that a mid time engine. Dont know which engine you have but a slight rattle at the back is normally the exhaust shutter and is normal.
 
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DJ

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Re: Hours Question?

If it has gone that far, it will probably go allot farther.<br /><br />Lack of maintenance kills marine engines, usually not run time.
 
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randyo

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Re: Hours Question?

Usually people point out that engine hours dont usually mean much, rather whats important is the condition of the engine. I recently bought A boat and after doing A test ride and mechanical survey have decided that the time and money I spent on doing both of those was well worth it.
 
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Marlin1

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Re: Hours Question?

I believe its A 120 hp merc motor.I have A 77 marlin omc 4 cylinder witch I belive is the same motor and my motor doesnt have that rattle to it. The boat I have is more of an ocean boat and this one that I am looking at is A lake boat. (open bow)<br />Runs great.Oil pressure at 40, temp at 160 just A slight rattle at around 3000 rpms and above. Can someone also give me A round about blue book value.<br />16 foot marlin 4 cylinder merc with alpha 1 out drive and bimi top open bow.They want 4k for the boat witch I think is A little high. Dont know the model of the boat just says marlin on the pink slip nothing on the boat either. No decals ..Thanks again
 
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Mahoney

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Re: Hours Question?

I have a GM 307 with over 1500 hours on it, compression is still good and runs like a champ. Its all in the maintainance. Its better to have them run often than sitting in garages for years at a time.
 
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Marlin1

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Re: Hours Question?

Thannks for the info. It ran good and oil and water temp was all normal but it had A ticking noise coming from the motor I was just wondering if that was normal or not. 1984 marlin satellite 16 ft 3.0 merc inline 4 cylinder with alpha 1 outdrive
 
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tommays

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Re: Hours Question?

you can hear all the I motors tick i littel bit more than v motors i have a 3.0 and here it a littel<br /><br /> BUT you cant here anything at 3000 RPM if you ticking loud enough at that speed i would want to no whats wrong<br /><br /><br />tommays
 
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