Update: Made it to 20 hours mid way through my last trip. Took about 20 minutes to find in the manual how to turn the alarm off. I was 40 nautical offshore when it flipped and didn't anticipate what I saw on the 10 mile run to my next spot. While cruising along in well spaced 2' seas I took a glance at my fuel burn to notice I went from 2.3 nautical to 2.6 at the same speed I was running prior to the 20 hour mark. I swung it around and proceeded to head back in the opposite direction thinking maybe tide or wind provided the gain but to no avail it was still seeing the improvement. Coming about again I charged on to the next spot varying running speeds seeing the same general .2-.3 improvement in fuel burn.
Being a little technical in nature I knew something didn't just magically happen with the break in of the motor. My only conclusion is that the ECM must change fuel mapping after the break in period and lean up the profile. I am thinking the "lean burn" function of the motor is probably locked out until 20 hours is reached. Anyway, what was already great just got a lot better and may explain what others have seen after break in on theirs.
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