During covid quaraintaine i decided to service my honda 20hp four stroke out board motor i bought used last year. Motor is from 2008 but was hardley used when i bought it. The seller told me it was used on a small dinghy which was placed on a larger vessel.
During the service i noticed that on a lot of bolts i had to still ''break'' the original threadlocker honda uses. Also the waterpump impeller was shot. Things like oil filter etc.. where all oem honda.
This got me thinking that probably in these 14 years the motor never had been serviced. Probably because they thought it didnt get used much so they dont need to stick to honda service interval.
After i bought it beginning last year i put about 100 hrs on it.
Oil came out black like it spend 20k miles in a diesel engine.
During the service i noticed that on a lot of bolts i had to still ''break'' the original threadlocker honda uses. Also the waterpump impeller was shot. Things like oil filter etc.. where all oem honda.
This got me thinking that probably in these 14 years the motor never had been serviced. Probably because they thought it didnt get used much so they dont need to stick to honda service interval.
After i bought it beginning last year i put about 100 hrs on it.
Oil came out black like it spend 20k miles in a diesel engine.