10 Hour Service

[OverlandingGoat]

The engines will have 7 hours on them when I pick up the boat and bring it home. Any reason not to do the 10 hour service when I get it home or should I wait and actually do it at 10?

 

[Dixie Highway]

Personally I’d use that 3 hours to practice docking maneuvers/get used to handling it. Make that a half day, then get home and do the service. Honestly the oil was not very dirty looking at 10 hours, but the idea is to get the new engine metal shavings out. If you were at 9 hours or 9.5, then maybe do it now. 7 hours is only about 2/3 of the initial “break in” oil interval.

 

[Gunner]

You can go over 10 hours.

 

[Elliott]

My dealer said between 10 and 20 hours was fine, and the dealer did the service - that was over 2 years ago.

 

[HangOutdoors]

What I was told was that it used to be 20 hours or preferred at 20. People were abusing that and going over before doing it, so they changed it to 10. I had the same question for my dealer and he indicated that do it between 10-15 would be fine. This is at least what I was told.

 

[anmut]

I was told the same thing when they couldn't get me in at 10 hours and I asked them "do i need to not run the boat until it can get serviced?" They said anything under 20 is fine.

 

[Liveto99]

Get at least 10 on it.