Should I avoid an engine with 1700 hours?

[tks05]

The engine is a 2014 Yamaha F 150 used for commercial purposes.
Any responses appreciated

 

[MTboatguy]

I would do all the normal checks on it, does it have an hour meter on it, how is the compression, how does it sound, how does it run and the most important question, how much do they want for it?

 

[tks05]

Boat is bundled with a Key West 211 DC for 17,000. Compression at 138, 140, 142, 144

 

[tks05]

Boat's year is also 2014.

 

[Sprig]

That’s a lot of hours for an engine less than 4 years old. No one can say if you should get it or not. Even if you have the maintenance records it’s a crap shoot. I personally wouldn’t buy an engine with that many hours on it, but that’s me. For me it’s all about dependability and no one can predict the dependability of that engine. Good luck.

 

[Leardriver]

The only way that I would buy one like that is if it were dirt cheap, and the 2014 thing is a positive. Engines like to run, and it got it's wish.

 

[89retta]

I have 400 on the boat and 5600 hours on my truck engine. Its all about maintained and how it was driven

 

[ahicks]

I would say it's all about the maintenance it's received. E.G. If it was owned (leased?) by a govt. entity and received damn the expense maintenance, the number of hours might be fine.

You could request a computer print out and get a good idea of how it was used as well. If memory is serving me OK, they show the engine hours in each of several different rpm ranges.

 

[dingbat]

1700 hours in a commercial application is just broken in.

I personally know of two F225 with twice that number of hours. If you’re a typical boater, it will take 15 to 20 years to catch up with them

 

[Scott Danforth]

I would rather own a motor with 1700 hours that is 5 years old than a motor with 50 hours that is 25 years old

mechanical things like to be used.

 

[jkust]

I guess, it's not just about the engine hours but that the rest of the boat will have heavy use as well. It comes down to price I suppose. Things have a usable life and the clock is ticking. engines tend to be venerable and last a heck of a long time. The price just needs to reflect this and only you can decide if it is a tradeoff you want to make. In my state where summer is 90 days at most and most people don't use their boats very often and low hours are the norm, my paradigm wouldn't allow me to purchase a 1700 hour situation no matter the price.

 

[roffey]

My boat is a 2014 and has 170 hours. 1700, wow, that's 425 hours a year. Like all have mentioned, its all about maintenance. If I were to sell my boat I think it would be priced around 30k. When you think about it, that motor is worth 15k here so worst case is you replace the motor and your into the boat for 32k and it would be new (almost) and likely you wont have to do that.

 

[tks05]

Thank you for all of the responses. Ill look into the buyer, ask for records and conduct inspections on it