I was going to do my own service on my dad's boat this season since it is costing an arm and a leg at the shops and I don't think they do much of anything that I couldn't do myself. It is a 2006 20i by the way. I am a novice mechanic at best but I can figure things out if need be. Earlier this year, I was having a world of trouble with a limp mode issue/ potentiometer and ended up figuring out the problem and fixing it (the potentiometer can be adjusted a little by the way...) I also just did my steering cable which was a piece of cake..
i guess i will get to the point now...
For the basic service, I was going to do change engine oil and filter, gear oil, and impeller...
Would this be a sufficient service?
Apparently my dad just came back from the boat show in LA and a tech was telling him they run all kinds of computer diagnostics and now my dad is aprehensive to let me do the service. Is there any truth to this? I figured the only way a diagnostics scan would pick anything up is if the boat was throwing a code of some kind, and if it is throwing a code, wouldn't it be going into limp mode or something along those lines.
The reason I think this guy was feeding my dad BS is because the last time we had the boat serviced, they knocked a wire off of my fuel pump and the boat would not run when we got it back. Now if they were to run a diagnostic scan, i think something like that would of been picked up...
i guess i will get to the point now...
For the basic service, I was going to do change engine oil and filter, gear oil, and impeller...
Would this be a sufficient service?
Apparently my dad just came back from the boat show in LA and a tech was telling him they run all kinds of computer diagnostics and now my dad is aprehensive to let me do the service. Is there any truth to this? I figured the only way a diagnostics scan would pick anything up is if the boat was throwing a code of some kind, and if it is throwing a code, wouldn't it be going into limp mode or something along those lines.
The reason I think this guy was feeding my dad BS is because the last time we had the boat serviced, they knocked a wire off of my fuel pump and the boat would not run when we got it back. Now if they were to run a diagnostic scan, i think something like that would of been picked up...
My procedure is do my own maintenance to the limits of my ability and tooling, and when that line gets crossed take it to a well-qualified shop that has manufacturer's certification for the product in question (Tige for the boat, PCM for the drivetrain).
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