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Gus Outboards — Inner Circle · Issue #479-min read

The 4,000-Hour Wall: Why Some Outboards Quit Early and Others Keep Going

I pulled service records from twelve commercial boats running the same block, and the ones still going strong past 6,000 hours all shared three habits — none of which are in the owner's manual. The first one costs about eleven dollars a year and takes ten minutes. It has to do with what happens to the engine in the eight hours after you shut it down, not while it's running, and most owners get this exactly

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