DonS
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I'm about month out from getting my new Avalon Catalina 25' quad lounge. It will be fitted with the 250 HP Yamaha SHO VMAX. This engine has been around for awhile and most of the info on them is several years old.
I'm looking for engine break-in information. Obviously, I'll read the engine manual when I get it, but I'm looking for the current thinking. I know when I buy a new car, I pretty much drive it like I stole it. Some of the old info on the Yamaha, is that the break-in routine is 5 hours of under 2K rpm driving. That's going to be brutal. I sold my 10 month old SunTracker with a 150HP Mercury because it was slow when the entire family was on the boat. My new boat has been on order since the 2nd week of February and not expected to be delivered until the end of April. I'm dying to know what this boat will do with the 250HP Yamaha. I ordered it with the tritoon pontoon package and their wave glider performance package.
I'm looking for engine break-in information. Obviously, I'll read the engine manual when I get it, but I'm looking for the current thinking. I know when I buy a new car, I pretty much drive it like I stole it. Some of the old info on the Yamaha, is that the break-in routine is 5 hours of under 2K rpm driving. That's going to be brutal. I sold my 10 month old SunTracker with a 150HP Mercury because it was slow when the entire family was on the boat. My new boat has been on order since the 2nd week of February and not expected to be delivered until the end of April. I'm dying to know what this boat will do with the 250HP Yamaha. I ordered it with the tritoon pontoon package and their wave glider performance package.