twodogs1969 said..Seebreasy73 said..Bundeenabuoy said..SandS said..
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What the forum's opinion on the 5500 engine hours?
depends on the engine. But engines (diesel and maintained) should be strong enough to and past 10000 hours. Think of it this way: 5 knots = 9.26 Kmh (average) * 10000 = 92,260 km travelled.
That calculation hardly works on a boat. You have a lot of Idelling in a boat especially for engine driven fridges and hot water.
My truck has 1.1 million km in 4 years and over 15000 hours original motor.
Trawlers get 200000 hours.
I would much prefer a 5 year old motor with 1000 hours on it then a 10 year old with 100. Like most things on boats they last longer being used.
Hours are hours, and especially if you run the engine on idle it is low revs, so compared to actually running it to move the vessel, less stress on the engine.
My pups still runs 2 tractors, 1 Ford and 1 JD, he bought some 45 years ago (both 2 cyclinders and less than 20 horses). Routine maintenance and countless hours. Yeah, they are a bit tired, but still running. There is zero elecronics on those engines, no rubber seals to go bad. So it depends, what engine. Give me any time an old fashioned engine with mechanical injectors even with 10K hours and chances are, it will run until corrosion gets to it.
