Doubleheader
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That’s decent! Curios if they put a cap on hrs? Suzuki only gives me 3 years or 900 hrs, I hr out during in august of the 3rd year.
What Did You Do To Your Boat This Week?
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Chasin' Dreams
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If it's registered for pleasure use you get the 7 yr warranty (current promo) . If it's registered for commercial use the 7 yr warranty doesn't take effect. Commercial high hour use is 2 yr warranty. If its registered as pleasure and you take it in for warranty work with high hour use you may run into issues. I believe that's what Aquaholic is referring to.
ab1752
Crew Member
I've bought and paid for mine but haven't seen any fine print, the merc promo section on mercurymarine.com for canada doesnt scream any limits on hours that I have seen. Same with the new prokicker I bought too for my IO delete project.
Im too soft to put more than 150 to 200 hours on the main a season, and I definitely won't have the cycles for the next few years to be over a 100 a season with other commitments but I'm sure gonna try.
ab1752
Crew Member
I think if you register under a 13kxxxxx and then explode it down the line outside the base 2/3 year warranty term presenting a hull with cxxxxxxx splashed down the side then you might have some 'splainin to do.
Come to think of it mine has been registered and they don't have the 13kxxxxx reg number as the boat is waiting for canvas...see where this lands.
Doubleheader
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Fair enough. I register as commercial, hence the reduced warranty. Breakers has been good to me over the years, think they shave around $3500 off the purchase price opposed to pleasure. Most issues are found in the first season ime, although my last rig the low pressure pump went the following spring after warranty was up. I tried a pro kicker last time, 3 seasons and she popped. Was making oil like crazy after 1 season, resorted to more frequent oil changes but then ended up with water intrusion into the crankcase. She done, went back to a yammie for trolling. I’ve heard that a higher temp thermostat helps the pro kickers, something about running too cool in our waters.
ab1752
Crew Member
Thanks for the tip...i still have my 10 year old yamaha 9.9 which has been rock solid for me. I figured it would be best to have one brand across the transom for servicing although that certainly wasn't the case ever before. Ill keep an eye on the merc...
