(this is posted for my buddies boat also on THT)
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I have a 2003 Yamaha F225 and was wondering if anyone has worked had any issues with Yamaha and honoring warranties. I welcome both positive and negative experiences. I am prepared for a battle and would like to learn from other's experiences.
The issues I have had are as follows:
1. The first 20 hour checkup, the dealer reported that I was burning gear lube. Did a 50 hour checkup, same thing (dealer dropped lower unit and reassembled), 100 hour, per dealer the issue was gone.
2. The motor needs 1 quart of oil every 40 hours. I have been asked to monitor the oil usage. Dealer suspects possible leaks in the seals.
3. @292 hours, I was at idle and put the motor in gear. There was an extremely loud knocking, shut off engine immediately and towed in by Sea Tow. The knocking does not happen in reverse or at idle. Also, when pulled the motor had a black sticky oily residue down the back of the motor.
All work was done by dealer with more frequency than required specified intervals (20, 50, 100, 200, 264 hour checkups). The gear lube and the oil issue has been documented with Yamaha.
Boat has been towed back to dealer and I am awaiting a response.
Thanks in adavnce
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These posts are too frequent here's the link some of last years woe's:
http://69.93.108.13/StriperTalk/show...a&pagenumber=1
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