100 Hour service @dealership

[chawk610]

This is gonna become an I hate lawn work thread... I agree totally, since we got into boating about 4 years ago, the lawn has suffered greatly. I can't stomach wasting 2 hours on a Saturday when we could be floating.

[jpetty3023]

Ouch! So got the 100 hour done today plus impeller change and my bill was 648.00. That with a 10% off labor coupon. New sign in shop area says labor rate is 110.00 and hour now, charged for 4.5 hours. I'm gonna have to make friends with a mechanically inclined dude soon.


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[DOCDRS]

Too bad you didn't check your hour meter before the service and after to see how long the boat was run for?

[jpetty3023]

Don't know what the hour meter would say but my boat was only at dealership for 2.5 hours!!


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[DOCDRS]

Must have had 2 guys working on it.

[jmb]

Takes 15 minutes to change out an impeller. I've done it on the water. Keep a spare in the boat. They probably charged an hour

[jpetty3023]

Takes 15 minutes to change out an impeller. I've done it on the water. Keep a spare in the boat. They probably charged an hour

Charged 1.5 hours labor for impeller!! 39.00 for impeller it self



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[deerfield]

Charged 1.5 hours labor for impeller!!

That's just plain wrong. JMB is right. Takes no more than 15 minutes.

[jpetty3023]

Yeah can't blame no one but myself thou since there's a ton of threads on here and I choose not to DIY. My bad but guess what, won't happen again!!


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[wolfeman131]

That's just plain wrong. JMB is right. Takes no more than 15 minutes.

I don't disagree that it seems extreme, but the TOTAL job does not take just 15 mins. You're on the clock as soon as they hook on to your trailer, then they have to get the boat in the service bay, get the needed parts, break it down to access the impeller, pull out the old, put in the new and then the most important part: hook it to a fake a lake and test it to ensure everything is working properly. If so, it gets pulled out of the service bay and unhooked and then you're off the clock.

I complained to Atlanta Marine after reading a similar post a few years back. The owner invited me to the dealership to see firsthand the care they take when servicing a customer's boat. I understood why it takes time to do the job right.