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Cole2534

09-30-2014 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by VoodooRob (Post 4195034)

My headers are 9 seasons old, boat has never been in salt water, used in Wisconsin and Ohio so season is short. Consider myself lucky and keeping an eye on them.

So how many hours are on them?

On Time

09-30-2014 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Cole2534 (Post 4195037)

So how many hours are on them?

I have 325 hrs on my headers, all freshwater after the first year the boat spent in Fla.

Biggus

09-30-2014 10:37 AM

Up here on the fresh water lakes in Maine, we don't see many header failure problems. My old Top Gun had 600 hrs on the headers with no issues, sold it to a friend who has used it only in salt and the headers have failed.

Also wondering if shore power connected and salt water use could be something to think about. If the shore power was connected, could it speed up the corrosion process?

Knot 4 Me

09-30-2014 10:38 AM

E-Tops seem to fare better than the swept-tubes.

gofastlvr

09-30-2014 02:55 PM

I had always heard the first sign of a CMI failing is when it comes out of the box.... :party-smiley-004:

the deep

09-30-2014 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by gofastlvr (Post 4195265)

I had always heard the first sign of a CMI failing is when it comes out of the box.... :party-smiley-004:

:eekdrop::lolhit::boat:

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