Let's talk about the Yamaha 300 Outboard on our Ranger Tug R27ob
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
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In this video, Martin shares with you his notes from the Yamaha seminar he attended in 2022.
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Great information Martin. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching Phil!
Thank you, Martin. Good info and you answered a question/problem that arose with a new F250 on a RT25.
Glad to help! Thanks for watching!
As a longtime but currently boatless PS boater (600+ hrs growing up -- power squadron test pasted at 16 yo. but 0 hours last 40 yrs.)-- Your channel is SUPER informative and helpful.
Hope to see you on the Sound soon.
Thank you again for all your helpful , practical info.
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Your videos are so helpful. We bought a RT27OB in Feb of 22. We are new to boating and need help. The factory has been fantastic with issues and the training. Shout to to Ivan and Tim. Also, your videos help us so much. I think I have watched every video. I am not a person who can fix stuff myself or make additions/upgrades as you have. But I have learned so much and use many of your tips and advice. We live in Phoenix, Az. and have our Got Tug Go at Lake Pleasant. I can't talk my wife into moving to NW. Thanks so much! If you ever come to Phoenix, look us up.
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One of the best and most useful videos you’ve ever done and I’ve ever seen anywhere. Question - is there an outfit that would make you WANT to use your kicker for crabbing and shrimping? I’ve spent a lot of time using a 9.9 kicker on a Glas Ply with a corded remote and that was a pain.
Thank you so much for the feedback. It takes a lot of effort and work, (and several re-takes) to put these videos together. Your comment made my day. Thank you for that.
We do use the kicker on occation for crabbing. If I’m crabbing for a few hours and not soaking the pots overnight, and there’s not a decent anchorage nearby.. I’ll use the kicker to pace back and forth while waiting on the pots. But in general, most of the low idle engine hours are accumulated driving up to, approaching a pot… then while pulling the pot.. counting the crab, and putting the pot back in the water. The helm needs full control of the engine for fwd, neutral, reverse. There’s wind and current and we want to either stay on the same spot, or move to a different spot. The kicker throttles are in the cockpit, 10 feet away from the helm making it impractical to manuver with. The kicker is really set up for trolling or a backup engine to get to the nearest dock. The alternative for me would be to just start and stop the engine more. Pulling a pot, for example, we could turn the engine off, but then the wind may blow us off our spot. I’d also be concerned that excessive start/stop of the engine would be worse than low rpm ideling. The Yamaha dealer specifically called out using Ring Free fuel treatment to combat the low engine RPM. Fortuantly I already run Ring Free fairly regularly in the engine. I’ve also never had my engine “make oil”.
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Great info. K100 is a fuel stabilizer that eliminates/burns water.
Thanks for the feedback. I'll check it out!
Thanks for this video and the 100-hour service. I’m past due and have a service scheduling issue, so looking at doing my own maintenance on part of my 300. I had done a lot of idling while halibut fishing in Neah Bay, and my oil level is high as mentioned. Doing WOT on my R-23 is over 40 mph! Not possible in big swells. 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Agree, a very useful summary. It's pretty common for manufacturer's recs and guidelines - intended for a very wide audience - to not best fit a regional area, which is why programs like you attended can be so valuable. Have you found some UA-cam Yamaha resources that you could recommend to us for further education? I've done most of my own engine work over the past 30,000 miles but it was all diesel inboards. I confess to being a bit intimidated by this new engine tech.
Glad it was helpful! We published this video not too long ago. It's a long video but we chaptered it, showing all the components that I do when performing the routine maintenance on the Yamaha F300. The outboard is really fairly easy to work with. The upper part of the motor, oil and filter, fuel filter, spark plugs, thermostats.. are all super easy. The lower unit is more work. But still well within a do-it-yourselfer's skill set.
Check this video out if you haven't already.
How we do the 100 hr maintenance on a Yamaha F300
ua-cam.com/video/U0KyUOBBJ5M/v-deo.html
Dear Sir, greetings from Guatemala. It was a blessing to view your video. Could you be so kind to share your notes?
The video has everything that my notes do. Thanks for watching!
Given the number of hours running at low RPM, did Yamaha recommend you should use your kicker motor instead?
Thank you for watching! The Yamaha dealer suggested that running on the kicker may help, however they also noted that it’s often not practical as the kicker is not set up for full control from the helm. The kicker throttles are in the cockpit about 10 feet from the helm. The helm needs both steering and fwd/neutral/reverse controls to keep us on our spot, or drive to a different spot. I do sometimes pace back and forth… 1 mile that way, turn around, 1 mile back… at 1 knot on the kicker. I do that when we’re waiting on pots to soak when there’s not a nearby anchorage. The main recommendation the Yamaha dealer suggested was that I should be running Yamaha Ring Free fuel treatment. I already do run Ring Free and have since I bought the boat new.
Yamaha has been making 4 stroke outboards for about 40 years. In that time you would think they could have figured out how to build a outboard that dose not have this “making oil problem “ 🙄.
Thank you for the feedback and for watching!
So, don't completely agree with your oil fill assessment. Yamaha tech support clearly states to add back ONLY what you removed during the oil evacuation process; this should be the halfway point between holes on dip stick.
That's what I say in the video. Don't fill using the amount listed on the label. (You'll over-fill it). The level should filled to 1/2 way between the holes on the dipstick.
I was over on Yamahas outboard UA-cam channel and I got the impression that Ring Free plus Fuel additive is not really a replacement for fuel stabilizer. They seem to want you to use both “Yamalube ring free plus fuel additive“ AND “Yamalube Fuel Stabilizer and Conditioner” simultaneously.🤔
Yamaha outboard maintenance matters:
ua-cam.com/video/fXSnybvntzs/v-deo.html
Thanks for the link. Great information! I used to run stabilizer with every fill up and ring free every 50 hours. I've switched to running ring free with every fill up and only run stabilizer when I'm going to have fuel sit for awhile (during the off season). Fortunately, I don't run a lot of ethanol fuel.
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Have you checked out CHEVRON Techron Marine Fuel System Treatment? It’s fairly new. It looks like it dose the same thing as the Yamaha products I mentioned earlier at a fraction of the price.?.?
@@michaelbartyzal1306 For the Yamaha, I've got a 6 year warranty from them and am only 1/2 way through it. So I just go with Yamaha's recommendations, parts, fluids, etc... Once my warranty is up, I may consider other options.
I’m sorry, but no way is gas supposed to get in the oil. This clearly is an engineering flaw. I’ll just go with a Merc.
Thank you for the comments and for watching.