Looking at a 4.3 merc ? scan for hours . . .

[Expidia]

Only a few years old but can a Merc dealer or a technician like a boat inspector hook something up to verify how many hours on the motor?
Thx

 

[Bondo]

Re: Looking at a 4.3 merc ? scan for hours . . .

Ayuh,... Only if it's 'puter controlled like MPI,... Otherwise, No...

 

[Don S]

Re: Looking at a 4.3 merc ? scan for hours . . .

Actually, there is one scan tool that will read hours off the Thunderbolt V ignition system, even on carbed engines without an ECM.
IF, you can find someone with the Rinda scan tool and they have the $50 harness adapter to read the hours, then it is possible. I have the scan tool, but not the adapter. Could not justify a $50 adapter and the only thing you can read is the engine hours on a module. If the module was ever changed, all the previous hours were lost.

 

[Expidia]

Re: Looking at a 4.3 merc ? scan for hours . . .

Thanks for the replies.

Hopefully, since I'd only be looking at 2006 and up Merc's they are probably computer controlled.

Now I know to also check with Merc first with the motor's model # so I could locate someone with the proper equipment first, before they come to do a survey.