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08-07-2012, 10:20 PM
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Back in the day I had a 17' Check Mate V Mate II with a 235 Rude that we used at least 225 days a year on the lake behind the house. ran the engine for 4 years before I took it to a machine shop to tweek it to go a little bit faster (80+MPH is still fast today). So a typical day would run may be 3-4 hours X 225 days X 4 years and you can do the math
Boy did I love that boat and I do have it ducked away at my mother in laws ranch ....Maybe some day it will ride again 
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08-08-2012, 06:51 AM
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The '96 Yamaha 225 SWS on my father's Sceptre had ~1400 hours on it when he sold the boat last November and it was still going strong. He maintained the engine to a tee, which as Big mentioned, is key to longevity. He always ran Ring Free, used top shelf oil, etc. and the engine never let him down. All of this was on a new factory powerhead which was replaced in '04 when he bought the engine.
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08-08-2012, 09:48 AM
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In 1996 I purchased a clean/cheap 1994 - 90 hp 2-stroke Johnson that was previously owned and run by Cypress Gardens. (pontoon boat for lake cruises) Gene of Gene's lakeside (RIP) said that they would switch them out with new motors at X amount of time. The X was rumored to be 3000 hours. Five hours a day x 363 x 2 years old. Not run real hard probably 3500 to 4000 RPM on the boogie. It lasted me another 100 hours or so before a ring caught a port and broke because the bores were so wore out. Rebuild cost me $1500 in machine work and parts and she runs today. Maybe 1000 hours SMOH.
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