Thread: New outboard break-in process

That was one good thing about my Etec. Fired it up let it idle the 5 minutes it took to park the truck and get back to the boat. Then ran it wide open for 7 miles. 140 Suzuki before that I did it by the book, No issues. Yamaha 4 stroke by the book. 5 mercurys by the book no issues. 2 suzuki's ran them like we stole them and no issues. Johnson and evinrude by the book both were junk. But that was back in the 1980's/
Next new motor will also be broken in by the book. These days the dealer can tell you if you were eating whiling pissing on the motor and void the warranty. PLus motors need to break in items right to be a good safe unit. With what we pay they need to last for sure. I like the on breakin on the etecs. But thinking my new motor will not be An Etec...

Yep. The electronics in a lot of motors record the RPM and the times and can tell if the break in period was followed.

Buddy of mine does a lot of fishing and the dealer asked him if he trolled a lot, he said no. The dealer said that 80% of his time was at 1000 - 1500 RPM. My buddy responded side imaging at 5 mph.