[C320-list] Boat Yard Blues

[Jane & Ken]

ENGINE HOURS ARE A RESULT OF HAVING THE KEY TURNED ON, PERIOD ! Of course the engine could have been running also which would explain the reduction of fuel. DUH.

Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com wrote:  Really??!! I believe the engine hours are directly related to the flywheel
turning...



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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.

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Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 4:21 PM
Subject: [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!
>
>
> 


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