So I got on the complaining band wagon in sombodies earlier thread about the cost of winterizing my 4.3 this year since I needed the 100 hour service now that I broke 100 hours. It was less painfun than I thought but I ended up needing the 200 hour service to also have the impeller replaced since we had to also get in there to figure out what was happening to my gear lube. By the end of the season my 03 4.3 was using almost a full reservoir of lube each outing. The problem was the seal under the impeller was slightly misshapen causing the lube to circulate through the engine out into the water. It looks like a .50 cent part but now it is fixed. Basically then, I got a tune up, plugs, rotor, cap, (no wires), drive removal service, all fluids, oil, filter, water sep filter, winterization, impeller, seal under impeller and gas additive. The total with tax was $765 with the 10% early bird discount. I haven't looked yet but I am curious how the old plugs and parts look after 100hours of use since I requested to keep the old parts. The funny thing is the seal started leaking about a month after the extended, Mercruiser warranty expired. It took this many more years to finally make me get concerned.
Just wanted to mention what I dealt with this year since I had dreaded how much this would all cost. The Chap dealer would have been many hundred more dollars so I chose to roll the dice at Marine Max (because they scratched my boat last year during winterization). This is the first thing that has been done to the boat since new besides annual winterization.
Just wanted to mention what I dealt with this year since I had dreaded how much this would all cost. The Chap dealer would have been many hundred more dollars so I chose to roll the dice at Marine Max (because they scratched my boat last year during winterization). This is the first thing that has been done to the boat since new besides annual winterization.
