Was afraid the gearheads was all car and the hunting & fishing forum didn't seem right either.
50hp fourstroke, I was a little disturbed when the mechanic at "that big store on memorial rd" shunned the idea that you "really" had to follow any break-in procedure. He told me "just go out and run it". ALL boats they sell get lake tested first and he told me they go out and "run em' hard" before the customer picks them up. Luckily, I opted out of the lake test because I didn't trust anyone to run my new boat but me. However, he did say they ran it on the trailer with muffs so I hope they didn't rev it way up.
So I took it out to the lake for the first time and had my wife and 5yr old with me and I wasn't disciplined enough nor had enough time (it was evening) to follow the break-in 100% but here is what I did and I want to know if it will be okay considering the alternative the "that big store on memorial rd" uses for all their other new boat sales.
1.) Idled boat to get out of long no-wake zone so I assume it was warmed up enough
2.) Ran mostly 3500 RPM or less for about 10-15min (did hit 4k RPM a few times though)
3.) Had to stop and let the 5yr old swim, so I took the time to test out the trolling motor while I was waiting
4.) After an hour, started back up and ran 4k RPM or less (mostly 3500k or less) for another 25-30min of run time
5.) Then took it up to wide open for maybe 30sec to a minute
6.) Then ran another 45min or so at variable RPM from 1k - 5k (mostly 3k - 4500k) with about 3 wide-open 6k RPM runs that last roughly a minute or so
7.) Then ran it easy back to the dock and idled though the no-wake zone
SO far I guesstimate 1.5hrs of run time, maybe 2 if you count some idling and whatever "that big store on memorial rd" did on the trailer.
My questions are if what I did is okay considering what it would have gotten if "that big store on memorial rd" had lake tested it for me and if break-in has any room for flexibility at all?
ALSO, they used Mercury 10w30 oil...I'd have preferred to break-in on the 25w40 but I wasn't given the option; I hope that is okay.
50hp fourstroke, I was a little disturbed when the mechanic at "that big store on memorial rd" shunned the idea that you "really" had to follow any break-in procedure. He told me "just go out and run it". ALL boats they sell get lake tested first and he told me they go out and "run em' hard" before the customer picks them up. Luckily, I opted out of the lake test because I didn't trust anyone to run my new boat but me. However, he did say they ran it on the trailer with muffs so I hope they didn't rev it way up.
So I took it out to the lake for the first time and had my wife and 5yr old with me and I wasn't disciplined enough nor had enough time (it was evening) to follow the break-in 100% but here is what I did and I want to know if it will be okay considering the alternative the "that big store on memorial rd" uses for all their other new boat sales.
1.) Idled boat to get out of long no-wake zone so I assume it was warmed up enough
2.) Ran mostly 3500 RPM or less for about 10-15min (did hit 4k RPM a few times though)
3.) Had to stop and let the 5yr old swim, so I took the time to test out the trolling motor while I was waiting
4.) After an hour, started back up and ran 4k RPM or less (mostly 3500k or less) for another 25-30min of run time
5.) Then took it up to wide open for maybe 30sec to a minute
6.) Then ran another 45min or so at variable RPM from 1k - 5k (mostly 3k - 4500k) with about 3 wide-open 6k RPM runs that last roughly a minute or so
7.) Then ran it easy back to the dock and idled though the no-wake zone
SO far I guesstimate 1.5hrs of run time, maybe 2 if you count some idling and whatever "that big store on memorial rd" did on the trailer.
My questions are if what I did is okay considering what it would have gotten if "that big store on memorial rd" had lake tested it for me and if break-in has any room for flexibility at all?
ALSO, they used Mercury 10w30 oil...I'd have preferred to break-in on the 25w40 but I wasn't given the option; I hope that is okay.