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Originally Posted by kmoose
I can see having the dealer do the initial but for long term is there any issue with doing your own maintenance? Besides engine and LU oil and plugging it into a laptop I don’t know what else they would do on a 20 hour service.
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Yes, I agree going forward I will probably do some or most of the routine maintenance. For the 20 hour service they scan the computer for codes, which in my case there were none. The rest of the service was changing the engine oil and oil filter, changing out all of the fuel filter(s) and replace the LU gear oil and lube the motor as necessary. Since my hydraulic steering was new and installed by them, they went over that to make sure all was correct. As I understand Mercury is pretty picky on the 20 hour check/service. I want to make sure it was performed on time and by a Mercury authorized dealer so that later on in the warranty that there was no loopholes Mercury or the dealer could try to slide through. Hopefully that would never happen but I was willing to pay $390 to insure compliance.