How many hours is too many on a motor

[Blue_Runner]

trying to convince him to get a V-20 but I dont think he wants one....so he is not that good a friend.

LOL!!

Wilson our resident motorheads would answer this a heck of a lot better than myself but I will say that in my opinion 300 hours isn't very much at all. As you said maintenance history and also how much it has sat, not to mention where it sat and where it was used.

I have a bunch of canned questions I always ask about motors like:
1) are you the orignal owner?
2) Has there ever been any problems?
3) When was the impeller last changed?
4) Salt water use?
5) What does your wife look like?
etc.

[spareparts]

I've ratehr have one with an average amount( approx 50-100 per season) than one with extremmly low hours(unless it was properlly stored). I've seen boats that were 5 years old an have 100 hours on them that were junk, and I've seen motors that had 4000 hours on them that ran like a dream. Hours isn't as important of an issue than maintance and condition.

[cterrebonne]

compression and leak down tell the real story. i have a guy that i sold a ficht to and he has over 1000 hours on it. i have also seens a new engine blow up at 5 hours.