5.7L MerCruiser Bravo III under water...repairable?

[MarsRover]

that is marketing , sales, and sites like consumer reports and boating life. not engineering. with sales and marketing trying to appease the marketing and rating poles you get negative points for things like grease fittings, etc.

so you get todays designs such as "lubed for life" and other BS

true designers/engineers do not condone not being able to access anything or maintain it. me personally would like to see a central lube system

^^ what he said ^^

i think typically engineers combat sales/marketing. We need stuff that works. They need stuff that is easy to sell without confusing the buyers unnecessarily.

 

[Lou C]

what makes me laugh sometimes is when something is touted as "new, and improved" but in practice proves to be anything but....example...
direct gasoline injection vs port fuel injection...for a small increase in efficiency, owners are having to put up with problems that they never had with reliable port injection. One of many examples.
Of course this is not engineers, or even marketing, it is an EPA putting pressure on manufacturers for dubious if any gains. Never will you see a cost benefit analysis because when you're spending other people's money you don't have to...which is just plain wrong.

 

[Scott Danforth]

^^ what he said ^^

i think typically engineers combat sales/marketing. We need stuff that works. They need stuff that is easy to sell without confusing the buyers unnecessarily.

because the general consumer has become dumber than a box of rocks. 50 years ago, your manual had a process for setting valves and adjusting points. today, they have warnings not to drink battery fluid.