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Should YOU SERVICE Your Own Engine, Outboard, or Boat Motor?
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Aug 16, 2024
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It's a pretty common understanding that if we don't change the engine oil in our car
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then it's going to blow up and stop working. The same goes for any engine, and it's probably why there are many people that wonder
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whether or not they should service their own engine in their boat. There are many reasons to wonder about this, most of them revolving around saving money
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because of what it costs to service an engine these days, which is also way more expensive when it comes to a boat than what it costs
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to get your basic oil change done in our vehicles. Then again, a lot of us skip a lot of the service items
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that we really should be changing in our car or truck and only ever doing the basic oil change in them
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That is, until there is a serious problem, but that also doesn't make it right or smart
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Anyway, back to this expensive task of servicing our boat's engine to keep us on the water more often
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without breaking down every time we get the boat out. It's because of this expensive task
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that we actually created an entire video dedicated to showing you exactly how you can save more money when it comes to doing the service on your engine
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Giving you a great reason to destroy that like button and subscribe to this channel for weekly videos
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helping you save money and learn more and more about your boat
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Now when it comes to saving money on servicing your boat's engine
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we also know that it is usually that extremely expensive labor rate that helps to drive that bill up so high
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leading us all to the question of whether or not we should service our own engine
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Now, there are a lot of people that sit on the fence with this question because they are concerned
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about their engine's warranty, and don't worry, we're going to cover that exact topic in this
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video as well. But let's stay with our current theme of why it's so important to make sure that we do service
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the engine. For most of us, or well, for me at least, I'm not someone with a ton of extra de Neros that
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I can throw around, so just like my truck, I have to do anything that I can to make sure and
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keep what I got running for as long as possible, which is the whole point of servicing
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the engine. The oil change, the thermostats, impellers, the gear lube, sacrificial anodes, timing belts
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and the rest of the preventative maintenance items are all crucial contributing factors
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to getting as many hours as you possibly can out of your engine. And we've got a video showing you how to get more hours out of your engine
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that you'll have to check out as well. If you've ever had to replace a gear case
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then you know how badly that can hurt the cash clip And there no warning for things like that either The only way to know if we have an issue with the lower unit is when the thing blows up
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stops shifting, or when we change the gear loop. By simply changing the gear loop and seeing what color it is when it comes out
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lets us know what is going on with the unit. If we see it's full of water
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then we might have just prevented a huge issue by being able to address the leaking seals
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before it got to the point of no return. And the only way that we would know about this
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is by performing that service and changing the gear loop to physically see the condition of it
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By making sure that these service items are changed, we help prolong the life of the engine
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regardless of whether or not you've got a two-stroke or a four-stroke, because we've got detailed videos just for you
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on both of these two types of engines as well. You might be seeing an underlying theme here
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with the videos that we create, Knowing how important that it is that we get the service done on the engine to make it last as long as possible
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we run into another issue of being able to get it done. We've heard from many of you about how hard it is in your area to find someone experienced that can work on your boat
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There are tons of places out there where an experienced technician just isn't an option
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And now with the COVID issue, there are tons of places that have simply closed down or have such a long waiting list
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that even if you wanted to get your boat in for service, it wouldn't matter about the price
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because they won't be able to work on it for another six weeks. An issue that has become all too common in many locations all around the world
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Whether it's no experience mechanics, the price tag, or the waiting lists
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the issue that we are facing is that for many boat owners, we are having to service the engines ourselves
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that is, if we want to keep up with the preventative maintenance, which is the driving factor and the theme that we're talking about with the videos that we create
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We have created the exact resource that you can use in order to help you with any of these issues
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when it comes to getting that preventative maintenance done on your boat
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as well as the confidence to be able to tackle the job. That is, as long as you have the basic tools that you need to perform your basic service on an engine
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But this poses that next issue that about half of the boaters are concerned about
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Being the warranty issue and whether or not you will be voiding, your warranty if you are servicing the engine yourself, seeing that most likely you are not a licensed
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and certified technician And from what I understand this is going to be the same regardless of whether you have a Suzuki Honda Mercury Yamaha or any other brand Now I do say that with the disclaimer that it does ultimately depend on what brand of engine you have
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But in general, for the most part, all of the big, solid, core, boat engine brand manufacturing names are going to stand by their product
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Mind you, it goes without saying that warranty is for covering manufacturer defects
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It's not an insurance policy. but all your big name brand engines all have the same language in their warranty information
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from mercury to yamaha suzuki honda your inboard brands cummins yannmar marcruiser beta
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Volvo caterpillar PCM and even seven marines a hundred thousand dollar outboard engine they still say
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as a seven marine outboard engine owner you are responsible for the performance of the required
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maintenance listed in your operator's manual. Seven Marine recommends that you retain all receipts
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covering maintenance of your engine. It's pretty much the same for all of the companies that
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I looked up when looking into this. They all want to make sure that you are servicing the engine
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but they don't say that you have to have it serviced at an authorized dealer
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And it's in that same breath though that I have to say that ironically the two companies that did have some different stipulations in their warranty information was BRP and Tohatsu
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I mean Tohatsu specifically says an authorized Tohatsu service center must perform the recommended routine servicing
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maintenance and repairs and record these online on the Tohatsu Marine website
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Now as time goes on, there are many companies that are adapting this online perform
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maintenance record into the computer software that is on the engine. Both Mercury and Yamaha do have these types of features in their new engines
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So could this turn into something to consider in the future? It is definitely possible
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But what it ultimately means for the voiding of warranty, I highly doubt it
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Unless you are blatantly not servicing the engine but most of the time this results in just poor performance or a non engine that does you no good because it won even run until you service it
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Yes, this can lead to the destruction of the engine, but it's so rare to see that most engine
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failures are a result of abuse and neglect, which does void the warranty
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But when it comes to BRP, which is your Evanrude E-Tech, even though they went out of business
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they say that routine inspection and maintenance is necessary to ensure the outboard life
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The following chart provides guidelines for inspection and maintenance. The 500-hour, five-year service should be performed by an authorized dealer, repair shop, or person of your own choosing, which could mean yourself
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And in the best contract, it says basically the same thing, inspection and maintenance to be performed by an authorized dealer
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So it's not really 100% clear where they actually stand as far as strictness goes for this
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because it does say a person of your own choosing, which that person of your choosing could be you
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Because in reality, in most cases, any of the top manufacturers typically don't ask for the
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maintenance records when it comes to warranty. Because again, the warranty is for fixing things that are a manufacturer defects
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And performing the routine preventative maintenance, your 100 hour, 300 hour, and other services
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yourself is not going to void your warranty. These brands are happier that the maintenance is getting done, even if it's you that is performing the work
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Because they understand that there are still many locations where there isn't an authorized dealer available to service the engine
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And since there isn't a dealer available, that doesn't mean that you shouldn't perform the maintenance
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Their goal is to keep us on the water as much as possible, because the more time we spend on the water, the more boats and engines we end up buying
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So you should definitely service your own engine if you have. have the ability, tools, and desire to do so. And you should also definitely subscribe to the
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channel and visit us at born again boating.com. Because we have all the helpful how-to and DIY
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content to assist you in keeping up on that maintenance and fixing your boat when it breaks
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Keeping you on the water as much as possible. We thank you all for hanging out with us this week
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and we look forward to seeing you next week. You know
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