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Looking at buying a 2005 SV211 with ZR6 engine. Seller says hour meter was replaced. Now has 128 since replacement. Would they start it back at 0 when replacing? Should I be worried about this. He isn't original owner. Boat looks good otherwise.
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If the gauge package is anything like mine, the hours on the dash will restart from zero. My tach in the 4-in-1 gauge cluster was sticking so I replaced the multi gauge in that position which also housed the hour meter. When I powered up, the hour meter was sitting at zero. I'm told if you have the screen it's smart enough to pull the hours from the ECU while the gauge package I have is not.
The easy but expensive way to verify the hours would be for the dealer to pull them from the ECU for you. In this and most cases I would highly recommend a survey be completed for a boat this age. I would also recommend that any survey being done on a boat with an ECU include them pulling the engine hours off the ECU. In my case, I kept the old gauge so I can power it up for anyone that would like to verify the hours. That said, I would not be insulted in the least if they wanted a survey that included verification of the hours. I'd actually welcome it as long as I got a copy of the survey in case they backed out of the deal.
It's always a practice of "trust but verify" when purchasing any used boat or car. -
Thank you for the response. Going to try to find someone who can plug into the ECU and do an inspection.Comment
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