Used boat with 150hp Yamaha, is 550hrs a lot?

[alrooga]

I guess a subjective question and expecting a variety of answers but here goes.... boat is 8 years old with yamaha 150hp outboard, engine hours are 550.... would that put you off? (even if its been well maintained). Thinking about future saleability. thanks.

 

[ST840]

Average annual engine hours is around 40-50 hours. I'd rather have a nicely used engine like 550hrs and a good service history over a low hours engine.
As long as the service schedule is followed the engine should easily do 10 times what it's done already.

 

[Bigplumbs]

Average annual engine hours is around 40-50 hours. I'd rather have a nicely used engine like 550hrs and a good service history over a low hours engine.
As long as the service schedule is followed the engine should easily do 10 times what it's done already.

Agreed

 

[alrooga]

Average annual engine hours is around 40-50 hours. I'd rather have a nicely used engine like 550hrs and a good service history over a low hours engine.
As long as the service schedule is followed the engine should easily do 10 times what it's done already.

Seems good advice, thanks !

 

[Farmer Piles]

We had a 80 Yam on a previous boat and it had done around 1000 hours when we sold it. It was the sweetest sounding engine with loads of punch. As above, as long as it has been well maintained then go for it. If in doubt get the cambelt changed for peace of mind.

 

[Bigplumbs]

We had a 80 Yam on a previous boat and it had done around 1000 hours when we sold it. It was the sweetest sounding engine with loads of punch. As above, as long as it has been well maintained then go for it. If in doubt get the cambelt changed for peace of mind.

Or get a older 2 stroke and you don't have a cam belt to worry about

 

[madabouttheboat]

Ive got a 10 year old outboard with just 20 hours on it. I have had to rebuild it. Low hours is more of a concern than high hours in boat engines

 

[Hot Property]

When I bought my boat it had 186 hours on after 12 years so very low. Looking at the service records the oil kept on emulsifying as it was used on a river - not good for a 200 hp outboard. I've now put another 200 hours on at much higher speeds (Solent) and no oil problems at all! So, avoid low hours engines and go for a higher hours one with a service history - particularly oil and filters on a 4 stroke....

Unfortunately, some buyers seem to equate low hours = good and high hours = bad. The complete opposite is generally true.

 

[scottie]

Ask Captain Phillips

 

[Farmer Piles]

Engine hours are all relative really. The key factor is to buy a decent quality engine in the first place - be it an outboard or inboard. I have heard of professional fishermen putting 5000 plus hours on Yamaha outboards. This being 100 years equivalent of average leisure boating.
My Yamaha 115 is a 1.8 litre petrol engine, so equivalent to a decent car engine. Using simple arithmetics, the only type I know, a car might average 30mph over it's life. Slow roads, fast roads, time at junctions; so 550 hours is only the equivalent of 16500 miles. Hardly scientific but get my point. Also, the 150 is going to be an even bigger donk of an engine.
Just as an FYI, I know of engines in tractors and self propelled sprayers with 10 000 - 15 000 hours on them. Often Perkins and made in Peterborough.

 

[madabouttheboat]

Volvo engines are often used in industrial applications where they can rack up 100,000 hours!

 

[limecc]

When I bought my boat it had 186 hours on after 12 years so very low. Looking at the service records the oil kept on emulsifying as it was used on a river - not good for a 200 hp outboard. I've now put another 200 hours on at much higher speeds (Solent) and no oil problems at all! So, avoid low hours engines and go for a higher hours one with a service history - particularly oil and filters on a 4 stroke....

Unfortunately, some buyers seem to equate low hours = good and high hours = bad. The complete opposite is generally true.

You don't say which make but Suzuki offer a hotter stat to prevent this kind of thing.

 

[Hot Property]

You don't say which make but Suzuki offer a hotter stat to prevent this kind of thing.

Mercury Verado - thanks for the info. I won't change as boat is now sea based. Oil now gets up to around 100 celcius when I put my foot down which helps oil condition no end...

 

[limecc]

My Suzy had done only 268 hours over 15 years. Engine block anodes looked like they'd never been pulled and they were in a terrible state, virtually useless. Replaced zinc for aluminium

 

[QBhoy]

I’d rather an engine with 1000 hours on it and proof of maintenance every year since new…than an engine with 50 hours on it from sitting idle. Modern engines, ecu’s, sensors and fuel systems etc etc are designed to be used often. That’s what keeps them in good shape. I’d imagine modern engines that don’t get used often, may suffer issues as a result of.