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Old 04-13-2011, 12:56 PM
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Default 4th year anniv of my 2007 30 Skater, T/300SX

It was 4 years ago this week, that my 2007 30 Skater was delivered. Here is a recap
of her use, these are not estimates, all data is straight from the computers


148 hours
4,206 miles
1,880 gallons of 93 octane
2.24 avg mpg
37 gallons of oil
50.1 to 1, avg gas to oil ratio
11 organized runs
81 days of boating
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Nice! You keep good records. I would never remeber to do that.
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Good job Frank!!

Oil- is that with a stock oiling system?
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Frank, What oil do you run?
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What problems(if any) have you had with the motors? My Dad has the same motor, same year too, on his boat and has blown a few parts.
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Originally Posted by Gladhe8er
Nice! You keep good records. I would never remeber to do that.
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Good job Frank!!

Oil- is that with a stock oiling system?
Yes, stock oil system. I thought 50:1 was about average for the 300XS?

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Frank, What oil do you run?
Pennzoil Marine Premium Plus 2 Cycle
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Frank, you are living the dream. You have my favorite boat, powertrain (300xs) and seem to live in a beautiful spot. I am repowering my 25 Talon from modded 300hp 260s' to twin 225 promaxes for hopefully better reliability and fuel consumption. Hope our paths cross sometime. I'm thinking about the Jacksonville poker run. Maybe I'll see you there. Bob
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Frank,
That is impressive that you have such a reliable and AWESOME rig. Congrats.
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Originally Posted by Gladhe8er
What problems(if any) have you had with the motors? My Dad has the same motor, same year too, on his boat and has blown a few parts.
UNDER WARRANTY, I purchased the 3rd year:
I blew a power head when the boat was 3 weeks old. Melted #5 piston, and ventilated the block with the rod.

had 2 props fail

developed cracks on the lower units, an have gone through 6 lowers, in the first 2 years

burned up 1 coil, which set fire to the ignition system harness, at 2 years 2 months

AFTER WARRANTY:
replaced 1 electrical plate solenoid, at 3 years 3 months
replaced 1 alternator that failed, at 3 years 4 months


tried about a dozen sets of props, before I found the best ones for my boat.
Throttle-Up, CNC 4 blade, over hub cleavers 14.75 x 31, they have never failed!


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Frank, you are living the dream. You have my favorite boat, powertrain (300xs) and seem to live in a beautiful spot. I am repowering my 25 Talon from modded 300hp 260s' to twin 225 promaxes for hopefully better reliability and fuel consumption. Hope our paths cross sometime. I'm thinking about the Jacksonville poker run. Maybe I'll see you there. Bob
Yes, reliability! Worth it's weight in gold.

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Frank,
That is impressive that you have such a reliable and AWESOME rig. Congrats.
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I have had my share of problems, mostly all in the first 2 years
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Originally Posted by AppSysCons
Yes, stock oil system. I thought 50:1 was about average for the 300XS?
My last runs was:

114 miles
61.9 gallons of fuel used
3.1 gallons of oil used

So I come up with 0.05008077544426494345718901453958 to 1 so you were close...
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