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Nose Cone Height Failure
This unfortunate boat owner added a jack plate to his boat to gain a little top end speed. He was not told by the dealer that a lower water pickup (nose cone) must also be added or the motor will overheat.
In the above photo (lower unit) you can see the motor is raised at its highest point which is when the failure occurred. This failure resulted in a $4600 repair bill and 6 weeks of lost boating. To install a nose cone before any damage is caused would cost $450.00
- PROBLEM: Overheated outboard / Piston failure
- SOLUTION: Installation of jack plate with a low water pickup.
- PREVENTION: If this boater had signed up for our marine maintenance program, The photos that we required would have made this problem very obvious to us. We would then notify the boater about this condition and strongly recommend they add a nose cone.
- SAVINGS: $4,150.00