[Striper80]

Originally Posted by spareparts

I've wondered about the death code in some of these engines, consider me a conspiracy theorist, I'll put my tin foil hat on in case they are listening. Consider Mercury diagnostic computer system. It has to be connected to Merc Net each month or it will default. When you hook it up to Merc net, it checks all the recent activity on the computer. It can tell which engines it has been hooked up to, and its history(age, hours of use, etc). Say if a person put a bug in the system if it notices a lot of out of warranty, high hour engines coming in for service. In theory, those engine could have the parameters reset(newer ecu's are field reflashable) when the diagnostic computer is hooked up. The parameters could be changed so its getting a little more timing, a little less fuel so the next time out, it goes bang and some ones looking for a new engine. With the price of electronic controls, people don't switch brands when re-powering newer boats, especially if its a multi engine set up. I'm just saying...

Do they offer any scanners in the aftermarket or is it strictly a dealer thing? I know there isn't a standard thing like obd 2 for boats.