[C320-list] Boat Yard Blues

[Chris Holt]

Well naturally.  Usually the key would have been left on after the engine 
was run.  :-)

I didn't do the math to figure out if the amount of fuel that was lost made 
sense for the amount of hours run.  If the people on this list are saying 
that is the amount of fuel you would lose in that many hours then it is 
quite possible the engine was running that long.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jane & Ken" <obuoy4848 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Boat Yard Blues

> 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.
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> 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
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> it. Someone might have just left the key turned on.
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>> 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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