"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Skipper wrote:
Reggie Smithers wrote:

JimH,
How can anyone know if the seller is being honest with the engine hours
if
their is not hour meter?

For that matter, how can someone be sure if the seller is being honest
about
the engine hours even if their is an hour meter? Today's cars are set
up to
make it very hard to set back the mileage. I don't think there is
anything
similar for replacing the hour meter and just running the meter to
provide a
reasonable number of engine hours.

You ask whether or not Krause is honest? Honest???

--
Skipper



The data stored on the onboard computer on many modern outboard motors is
quite revealing, a fact obviously unknown to Snipper and
FourFeathersSmithers.

I had the ECM replaced on my Suzuki at around 60 hours due to a recall.
Twenty hours later, the oil light started flashing. Why? Because the
engine was signaling me that it was due for the twenty hour service...even
though it had 80 hours on it. The light failed to flash at the 100 hour
mark for service...but started flashing at the 120 hour mark.

There is a second recall on my boat for the ECM. After the replacement, my
ECM will tell the technician that I have 0 hours on my engine.

Obviously, it is quite possible that the onboard computer tells you nothing
when you buy a new outboard.