[C320-list] FW: Re: Boat Yard Blues
Karl Mielenhausen _/)
kmielen at iwon.com
Tue Mar 13 17:54:26 PDT 2007
I agree with Chris. My experience is that the engine hours advance whenever the key is ON. In other words, it measures time regardless of engine rpm. This is not a Hobbs meter like we have in aircraft. A Hobbs meter measures elasped time in the presence of some minimal oil pressure.
Karl Mielenhausen
2000 C320 Hull#690 "Silver Lining"
New Bern, NC
http://pages.suddenlink.net/kmielen/
From: Chris Holt [mailto: oldman1030 at hotmail.com]
To: c320-list at catalina320.com
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:31:21 -0400
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Boat Yard Blues
There is one other possibility.I believe the engine hours count up even if the engine isn't running but the key is turned on. So your engine might not really have that many hours on it. Someone might have just left the key turned on.----- Original Message -----From: <PJACKERMAN at aol.com>To: <c320-list at catalina320.com>Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 4:21 PMSubject: [C320-list] Boat Yard Blues> The weather finally broke here in Chicago and I went up to Larsen Marine> boat yard to check on the boat. When I dropped the boat off it had just > around> 60-70 hours and full tank of fuel so I ordered the 50 hour service on the> yanmar. When I stepped on her today she had 111 hours and 1/2 tank of > fuel.> Someone must of let her idle for two days! When I confronted the service> manager I got the same thing I've gotten from them since I've been there. > We> couldn't have done it, must have been you!>> A few questions for those of you out there, 1) does it make sense that the>
boat could put on 40 hours at idle on 7-9 gallons of fuel, 2) what should > I> look out for or what harm could be done running at idle for 40 + hours > and 3) is> this the type of service I should expect from all yards? Year one 3 gel> coat gouges and spider cracks up and down the stern from using the > boarding> ladder on land, their response, we couldn't of done it had to be you, > year two> missing vhf antenna, same response, this is my third year in the yard and > this> is the third time I've gotten the same response. They are supposed to be > one> of the better and expensive yards around!>>> <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free> email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at> http://www.aol.com.>
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