Harry Krause piedtypecase@a href="http://www.serverlogic3.com/lm/rtl3.asp?si=1&k=yahoo%20com" onmouseover="window.status='yahoo.com'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;"yahoo.com/a wrote in message ...
basskisser wrote:
"Clams Canino" wrote in message hlink.net...
That's 4 out of 5.

just sayin'

-W

What were the causes of the towings? If engine related, could hardly
be the fault of Bilgeliner, since they don't make engines and drive
trains.


Wrong. The boat manufacturer is responsible for installing the engine
properly, on the right sort of stringers, with the proper wiring and
switches, and for testing it. If the boat manufacturer scrimps in these
areas, it may lead to an improperly installed and operating engine, one
that fails prematurely.

Nope, not wrong. Let's just assume that, because someone bought
contaminated fuel from a vendor, and put it in his Bayliner, resulting
in, let's say, a fuel pump failure. That would, in no way be a fault
of Bayliner. It would, however, be the fault of the vendor, for
selling such fuel.
Second scenario. Let's say that the engine just breaks a valve spring,
allowing the valve to beat a hole in the piston. This would simply be
a case where the engine manufacturer was clearly at fault, the part
having to have been flawed. Something such as this won't necessarily
show up in a new engine run through, and may well take 100 or so hours
to show up. Would you assume that Bayliner should dyno test each and
every motor for 100 hours? That would then be a used boat! But, one
would assume that a given engine would last at least that 100 hours,
correct? And one would also assume that the engine manufacturer would
honor their warranty for such, right?
Had a friend that had a Alumacraft with a 135 merc outboard. Major
engine electrical problem. Guess who took the blame and fixed it? NOT
Alumacraft, that's for sure!