As some know my Yami stranded me at the Comanche a couple weeks back. Thanks to Sea Tow and VHF…made it back to the hill safe & sound. I had took it to a reputable marine shop previously only to be charged $600 for a 100 hr. service and a “sorry we can’t find a problem.” Thanks to Haz-r-dous1 got a recommendation to go to Hanckel Marine and see Ben Harter. They found the problem right off. Loose battery cables at the motor and corroded cables at the battery made the high temp alarm shut the motor down (power surge). They also found the balancer whining ($800 part + labor), Ben called Yamaha and they agreed to cover that under warranty. Whew!!! Also found water pump leaking at the seal, told me Yamaha recommends changing at 200 hrs. The other marine shop said 300 hrs., mine had just over 200 hrs., so it got changed out. In summary it is fixed and ready to go. I’ll be taking my Yami back to Hanckel from now on. Those marine shops aren’t cheap, but when dealing with the big pond you don’t want to take any chances, best to stick with the pros.
Thanks again Daniel!
Ulmer
the guys over at hanckle are great guys, but there have been many times, a customer brings us a boat, and describes the symptom, and we run complete diagnostics, and cant find anything wrong. the other guys even took it down to teh river and ran it, and couldnt make it break. We cant really afford to work for free, but if it aint broke, we cant fix it. Keep in mind, it was running good enough that you took it 30 miles offshore before it failed. once it breaks completely, its usually pretty easy to find the problem.
Yamaha says replace the waterpump at 200 hours, or every year, which ever comes first. thats a little bit overkill for most applications.
Glad to here you got everything tended to, and its running good for you.
Ulmer
the guys over at hanckle are great guys, but there have been many times, a customer brings us a boat, and describes the symptom, and we run complete diagnostics, and cant find anything wrong. the other guys even took it down to teh river and ran it, and couldnt make it break. We cant really afford to work for free, but if it aint broke, we cant fix it. Keep in mind, it was running good enough that you took it 30 miles offshore before it failed. once it breaks completely, its usually pretty easy to find the problem.
Yamaha says replace the waterpump at 200 hours, or every year, which ever comes first. thats a little bit overkill for most applications.
Glad to here you got everything tended to, and its running good for you.
Chris V adds to much to this site. If my stuff breaks down or needs work in Charleston it will go to him. I am sure Hanckel is nice and all but got to take care of our boy Chris V.
Glad your problem is solved bwulmer, I hope your post was intended to give an update and thank hanckel and not bash Chris. Probably not going to get much support on this site doing that.
If you can’t fix it with a hammer, you’ve got an electrical problem.
Chris V adds to much to this site. If my stuff breaks down or needs work in Charleston it will go to him. I am sure Hanckel is nice and all but got to take care of our boy Chris V.
Glad your problem is solved bwulmer, I hope your post was intended to give an update and thank hanckel and not bash Chris. Probably not going to get much support on this site doing that.
If you can’t fix it with a hammer, you’ve got an electrical problem.
Exactly!!! Well put!!!
“Miss Amanda”
-KeyWest
-Bluewater 2020CC
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scouting, thanks for the support, but we didnt do the previous repairs on his boat. I believe he said in a different post, that Butler was the shop. I was just pointing out that if a problem is intermittant, it can be very difficult to find, but once it fails completely, its usually pretty easy to find, and that even though the other shop didnt find the problem, they had to charge for looking for it.
I’ll add to what Chris said, if there is no record of a recent annual service, then its allways a good place to start looking for the problem, while it may not have found the problem, if it hadn’t been done this year(or 100hours or so) then it needed to be done. Its just a preliminary step in isolating the problem, you have to start somewhere.Oh and checking the battery cables should have been part of the annual service
Chris v
I do agree with you on most of what you said. As I said before, I do believe they made an honest effort to find the problem. On the other hand it had done the same thing when it broke down the last time as it did before I took it to the other guys. That tells me those cables were loose and they didn’t even check it. I think they just relied on computer diagnostics to spell out the problem without checking basic things first, like battery cables. I didn’t know battery cables loose, or corroded would set off those engine alarms, but I do not work on boat motors for a living either. They also told me the recommendation for water pump change-out is 300 hrs. and that is not correct. I suggested they change the pump out and that’s what I was told.
I’m not saying that this is what you need to do with your water pump, but I put 870 hours on my first one. I changed it out then just for piece of mind. It still looked almost brand new. I already purchased another kit to do it again. I have over 1400 hours on the motor now, and I’ll probably wait another 100 or 200 hours before I change it again. You can’t go wrong with PM though. I just wanted you to know that if you do not get it changed right at 200 or 300 hours, the motor will not fall apart…
As far as your other issues, I guess the shop could have checked basic stuff, but sometimes it’s hard to get things to act up when they are in the shop…
“Miss Amanda”
-KeyWest
-Bluewater 2020CC
-Yammy F-150God is GOOD!! ALL the time!!</font id=“blue”>
I’m with you on that lynnmcd…I know I’ve run 2 strks for years and years with changing out any wtr pumps, so I really did not think that should been an issue at 2 or 300 hrs. My concern was the high temp alarm was cutting out the motor and my first thought was wtr pump because I had come in from offshore once and had no flow at the discharge. The line was cloggged and wasn’t sure how long I had been running with the pump deadheading. Thing is…it did not alarm and shut off that day. Who would think a loose ground cable would cause the alarm, especially when it cranks, or at least turns over just fine.
I am in no way trying to put down anyone in the motor repair business, even the guys that originally worked on my boat. I know its hard to find problems sometimes, but I also know sometimes you can find a more experienced mechanic, or at least one that knows Yammies better. I almost took it to Charleston Marine this time. I heard a lot of good stuff about them. I am very satisfied with Hanckel’s this go-round. The boat works great.
quote:I'll add to what Chris said, if there is no record of a recent annual service, then its allways a good place to start looking for the problem, while it may not have found the problem, if it hadn't been done this year(or 100hours or so) then it needed to be done. Its just a preliminary step in isolating the problem, you have to start somewhere.Oh and checking the battery cables should have been part of the annual service
