Rodbolt - Preventitive Maint. Question Yam 175

[Osprey]

By now you probably remember the details of my motor. 1995 Yam 175, purchased about a year ago, has about 700 hours on it. On the cooling sys I have replaced impeller, t-stats and poppet. I don't know the details of its maint history but do know it was not great. The motor currently runs great and pees like an eighteen year old.<br /><br />As part of spring maint would you advise pulling the heads cleaning and inspecting the water channels etc?

 

[rodbolt]

Re: Rodbolt - Preventitive Maint. Question Yam 175

depends on the scale issue in your area. at 10 years old you may run into a head bolt breakage issue.<br /> try to flush it with some of the salt away items. without knowing how bad the scaling is I dont want to say flat out yes or no. are you going to attepmt the work or have it done ?

 

[Osprey]

Re: Rodbolt - Preventitive Maint. Question Yam 175

Was planning on doing the work myself. The t-stat and poppet bolts came out very clean. Is this any indicator of what to expect with the head bolts? I realize there is no way to know for sure. It's currently running so well, I'm inclined to leave well enough alone and attempt a teardown only if a problem arises.

 

[rodbolt]

Re: Rodbolt - Preventitive Maint. Question Yam 175

look inside the t-stat and poppit cavities. will give an indication of scale build up. if its not bad I dont think I would teake it apart. especially if its not been apart.