Checking hours on 2002 Merc Saltwater Series

Hi there

This may be a ridiculously obvious question, but how do I check how many hours are on a Merc 125hp Saltwater Series engine circa 2002 model?

Is it possible? If so, do I need some sort of consult machine to plug in to it?

Cheers

Dan

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you cant

Tue, 2011-10-11 16:09

unless the owner had a hour meter fitted only late model motors with computers can be plugged into

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Cheers for that.  

Wed, 2011-10-12 11:53

Cheers for that.

 

 

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When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:

n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or

n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you. 

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merc

Mon, 2011-11-07 20:05

 Hey dk

i have a 02 merc 4 banger and it has a computer on it .They are yamm power head . not sure with 2 stroke .ring a merc agent.

Wayne

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maybe get a compression test

Wed, 2011-10-12 11:57

maybe get a compression test if u are wanting to buy it......as long as the compression is high and even between cylinders, should be ok!

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2002 merc 115 4 stroke

Tue, 2011-11-08 14:16

Dan,

i just had my motor serviced and the tech gave me a full printout showing total number of hours it has run. there was also a breakdown of Rev range. ie 40 hours at 0-1000, 50 hours at 1000 -2000 etc.

There was results of diagnostic tests like compression ..