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Hours on a motor question.......
Posted on 7/30/14 at 10:39 am
Posted on 7/30/14 at 10:39 am
How many hours on a motor is a lot? Is there an equivalency to miles on car? Like 100hrs=50,000 miles on a car.
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Posted on 7/30/14 at 10:46 am to TJG210
It really depends on the type of motor and the type of hours. A lot of offshore guys put thousands of hours on their motors, but a lot of it is trolling and just idling. Way different than somebody in a bass boat running the hell out of it.
Posted on 7/30/14 at 10:49 am to TJG210
Depending on service intervals and type of use, a typical engine should see 1,000+ hours. Lots of things go into play though. Carb. injected, direct injected; salt water or fresh water? What type of oil you use. What was your typical top RPM, engine load, etc. etc. etc. 
Posted on 7/30/14 at 12:03 pm to TexasTiger01
Our survey boat had 2 135hp Honda's with over 15000 hours on each motor. When we replace them with new 135hp Honda's the dealer said Honda would like to buy them back from us.
edit 1t 135hp not 130hp
edit 1t 135hp not 130hp
This post was edited on 7/30/14 at 1:10 pm
Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:31 pm to TJG210
100 hours is barely broken in IMHO. They say Merc optimax are good for at least 2,500 hours which is prob equiv to 100k on a ford f150.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:34 pm to TopWaterTiger
I hate to toot it's horn and jinx but I just turned over 6500 hours on my 225 optimax.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:35 pm to TJG210
A mechanic once told me that 50 hrs is equal to roughly 3000 miles.
This post was edited on 7/31/14 at 9:35 pm
Posted on 7/31/14 at 10:01 pm to SaltyMcKracker
I think of a thousand hours on a motor as gettin up there. 60000 on a truck... Not so much. Fwiw If this formula is true my 05 boat has less wear than my '14 truck 
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