my 7 yrs warranty

[lumberslinger178]

Originally Posted by the daydreamer

At 300 hrs isn,t it time for the first service? Witch i heard is about 600.00?

I had my 300 hour service at 189 hours an it was somewhere in that range

[macojoe]

My friend Pete has his boat getting a new e tec put on right now!

With all this computer stuff, I wonder if they are programed to die at a certin point? just to keep them needing parts?

[cterrebonne]

I would call DFI technologies out of alabama first. They might be able to repair it for half that price.

http://www.dfitechnologies.com/index.html

[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...

[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.

[spareparts]

They've only recently had aftermarket for verado's. yamaha, the rest of merc, zuk, honda, and most In Boards have ahd simple systems out for a while. The newer epa stuff has changed everything. Yamaha is dealer only right now on their new stuff. Its getting harder and harder for independents like myself

[bradford]

All by design I think. Spare you're on to something I'll bet. Planned obsolesence.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by spareparts

They've only recently had aftermarket for verado's. yamaha, the rest of merc, zuk, honda, and most In Boards have ahd simple systems out for a while. The newer epa stuff has changed everything. Yamaha is dealer only right now on their new stuff. Its getting harder and harder for independents like myself

You are seeing the same thing in the automotive trades... The down the street garage mechanic is just about gone... Only dealers can fix the newer cars. Computers are putting the independents out of business... and you can bet that it's deliberate.