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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2017 9:09:39 GMT
We've owned our boat for 13 years and the boat is 24 years old.
Since we've owned it we've put about 14,000 hours on the clock, so an average of just over a thousand hours a year.
My engine now requires some TLC (not to mention serious money) but it started me wondering if my annual engine hours is high, low or average.
A friend who only uses his boat for extended holidays, has done about 6,000 hours in 16 years of ownership.
I'm just curious about the range of hours.
I suspect like most people, I can look at a car's mileage and know whether it's low, medium or high. I don't have the frame of reference for a boat's engine.
Rog
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2017 9:24:46 GMT
We will tip over 1000 hours by the end of out holiday this year. The new engine was fitted March 2010, so our average will be about 133 hours a year - all on the move, I never run the engine when moored up to charge the batteries or make hot water. Although equivelant road mileage has nothing much to do to it you can equate run hours to millage by saying average mixed driving road speed is 30ish mph (I think both our cars show 34mph) we are looking at the equivalent of 30000 odd miles Operating conditions are obviously totally different to a car though!
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Post by larkboy on Aug 9, 2017 9:57:33 GMT
Ours has done 2000 hours in 12 years,probably 900 of those in the last couple of years. The boat hardly got used for a few years as I was rather ill, but since coming out the other side and meeting my wife we get out as often as possible. I get the impression that if looked after a plant engine should run for at least 10000 hours without major work, but a lot depends on what it's been asked to do. Regular oil and filter changes are key in my opinion, as well as being on top of other service tasks.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2017 10:01:24 GMT
Ours has done 2000 hours in 12 years,probably 900 of those in the last couple of years. The boat hardly got used for a few years as I was rather ill, but since coming out the other side and meeting my wife we get out as often as possible. I get the impression that if looked after a plant engine should run for at least 10000 hours without major work, but a lot depends on what it's been asked to do. Regular oil and filter changes are key in my opinion, as well as being on top of other service tasks. 👍 Oils cheap, engine bits not so much
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2017 10:54:12 GMT
I change oil and filters every 250 hours, however I have no control over what happened in the first 11 years of it's life. The boat had nearly 4,000 hours when we bought it. I now realise that a former owner (live aboard) could well have been around the clock already. We have no way of knowing. My Beta takes about 9 litres of oil. If it only took a litre like foxy's, I'd change it once a week Rog
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Post by pearley on Aug 9, 2017 16:36:06 GMT
We'vs had our Beta 43 for 10 years and has now done 5500 hours CCing. Serviced, like yours every 250 hours. Oil still stays fairly clean.
The first few years we were covering about 700 hours then we slowed down and last year only 400 hours.
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Post by peterboat on Aug 9, 2017 17:52:26 GMT
My hours meter gave up the ghost at 1300 hours I change the oil once a year and suspect that is more often than needed, I use fully synthetic 10/30 oil pressure is good and it doesnt use a drop between changes. Plenty will be along to tell me to use 10/40 mineral oil but I have loads of the other, and my mate who worked for Castrol says it wont do any harm. So we will just have to wait and see whos right fingers crossed and all that
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Post by Mr Stabby on Aug 9, 2017 18:00:22 GMT
My boat was 28 years old when I bought it and had done 2,468 hours, I've owned it for three years and it's now done 4,404 hours. Probably around 400 of those hours are running the engine for battery charge and hot water. I change the engine oil and filter every 150 hours, fuel filters and gearbox oil every 300 hours.
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Post by tonyt on Aug 9, 2017 19:14:54 GMT
Ours in 14yrs old and is just turning 700 hrs.
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 9, 2017 19:19:54 GMT
We have not counted our engine hours since its refurbishment. It is meaningless - will a buyer really believe me when I tell him I've changed the oil once a week. It's like counting how many bottles of wine we have drunk. Or how many times we have seen a heron.
I supervise/oversee things a lot, but even I don't count the minutes between starting & stopping an engine. How many starts and stops? -surely that wears an engine out more than constant running?
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Post by jam on Aug 9, 2017 21:00:58 GMT
12 years old with 13,500 hours on the clock. Oil changed every 250 hours or so.
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 10, 2017 2:00:07 GMT
Not 13,499?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 13:50:12 GMT
Thanks every one.
Interesting range of annual hours.
Foxy, doesn't your engine have an hours counter display (like a mileage counter in a car).
One of my available options is to have a full recondition on my engine, but this could cost a substantial amount of money ( DIY is NOT an option. A man has to know his limitations).
Of course if I do, having spent quite a lot of money, I'm left with a 24 year old engine, that will continue to do 1,000 or so hours a year.
In the past I had a share in a boat. Just after I left the syndicate, the 12 owners elected to have the engine reconditioned, as it was about half the price of a new engine. Six months later they had to have work done again, and within a further year they decided to have a new engine.
I intend boating for many more years so would like to maintain a reliable engine.
All good food for thought thanks again for responses.
Rog
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 15:02:55 GMT
Over our holiday I'm going to try and get an idea of just how accurate our fuel gauge is, the engine hour meter will help no end here.
I don't use it to monitor when maintenance needs carrying out, but do find it interesting to see what our annual average hours are. Besides all of that, it would leave a nasty 2 1/4" hole in the instrument panel if I did away with it!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 16:13:15 GMT
Ours in 14yrs old and is just turning 700 hrs. Wow ! That's fifty hours a year. Don't you like boating Rog
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