2004 Yamaha F115TLRD: no hour meter

[natemoore]

Is there a way to check the hours of an engine in a boat that does not have an hour meter? In other words, could the hours be stored on some chip inside the motor?

Thanks

 

[natemoore]

Why, in 2005, would a boat manufacturer not install an hour meter? Certainly there's got to be something in the ECU that accumulates the hours?

 

[Capt Ken]

Yes but you need a laptop, cable and Yamaha's YDIS program.

 

[natemoore]

Yes but you need a laptop, cable and Yamaha's YDIS program.

Okay. Good. So a Yamaha service shop should be able to pull up the hours?
Thanks
Nate

 

[natemoore]

I'm a little confused about YDIS versus YDS. It this what I need?

 

[Capt Ken]

YDIS is the program used.

 

[Fwpratt]

Ah, I see now.
Yamaha calls their software program "YDIS",
but when you run that software, connected to an engine,
Yamaha calls that "using YDS"

makes perfect sense.