honda 4 stroke 30HP

[glenandkat]

hi all,

i was just wondering what your opinions are on what is deemed as "to many" hours.

i have a 2006 honda 4 stroke 30hp with 407 hours.

I've had a couple of people look at my boat and 1 said "the motor has to many hours its passed its use by date".

the other bloke said the boat was a bit small for what he wanted but the motor would only be run in the way they are made these days and will go for ever if the servicing is kept up.

any thoughts are appreciated.

cheers

[DaiwaFreak]

407 hours is nothing in my opinion, especially for a 4-stroke, and being a Honda, it will just keep on going. If Evinrude say Etecs can go 300 hours with no maintenance, then a Honda 4 stroke should still be in good condition at 407 hours. I hear of fishing charter boats which have 4 stroke outboards that have done up to 4000 hours, and they keep on using it. With good maintenance an outboard should last a very long time.

[glenandkat]

my thoughts to mate, i just had it serviced and had no issues, starts first time every time. good point about the etecs to. 300 seems along time without a service??

cheers

[Justin Boyle]

To me you could compare them to a car. Regular service interval for a car is 10,000km's. An outboard is 100hr's. On the same ratio 400hrs is obviously the same as 40k. Maybe it is a bad comparison but at 40,000km we would usually think it was like new.

Interestingly the 90hp 4st suzukie outboard used to be the same motor that has been in suzuki vitara's since 1990 so perhaps it is a good comparison.

[Fishigan]

Tell 'im he's dreamin' !!:D

[CARRAGANT]

Tell 'im he's dreamin' !!:D

the first bloke didnt know what he was on about...

[Mandurah Marine]

the first bloke didnt know what he was on about...

ditto!

Try over 10,000 logged hours on a Tohatsu 30hp in commercial service with no rebuild (mind you she's pretty tired but still in service)

[Justin Boyle]

ditto!

Try over 10,000 logged hours on a Tohatsu 30hp in commercial service with no rebuild (mind you she's pretty tired but still in service)

Thats incredible!!!!

I guess the reality of it is though that most pleasureboats out there don't have many hours on the clock. 400 hrs would certainly be over average which is what would turn people away.

[Flyman1]

I would buy a 2 year old boat with 400hrs over a 10 year old boat with the same. Its obvious that some people are not big boat users and only get them out a few times aa year. My boat is 2 years old and I have 200 up already. It gets very well maintained and people often comment that its new. Don't worry about those that may say this as it only shows how little they know about what they are looking to purchase. If it wasn't the number of hours it would have been something else like I dont like the carpet or it has too many or not enough rod holders.

[glenandkat]

cheers for the feedback. i bought it without hesitation because i new the guy at northside marine and he had sold it originally. i couldnt afford the new motor with electric start trim and tilt so ended up grabbing it. i've had no issues with it so far and i only did about 15 hours last year.

no matter how much use the boat and motor have had there will always be people who have an issue with them or it doesnt suit there needs.

thanks for all the comments.