How many hours are on your SHO?

[T-Bob]

2012 200 SHO 347 hrs. Regular maintenance only.

[snookonfly]

2014 250HP SHO with 681 hrs. Have kept tight to the recommended Yamaha maintenance schedule.

[Gambler95]

How do you check the hours on a 2012 250 SHO?

[Yamerhammer]

2012 200 sho with 581 hours. Original power head. Oil, filter, lower unit oil and plugs changed. I have the two square gauges and that’s where I get my readout for total hours.

[BroWhoop]

Look at any forum other than bass boats.

[ZO6]

2016 200 SHO 191 hrs. Reg maintenance.. Oil changes, lu gear oil Impellor, thermostats, filters. No problems.

[printman71]

How do you check the hours on a 2012 250 SHO?

3 basic ways:
1) If you have Yamaha electronic gauges, you can scroll them them for the hours.
2) If you have a NEMA computable graph, you can buy the harness and wiring and hook the engine to the graph. That will tell you the hours.
3) When you take it in for service, the dealer hooks it to a laptop for diagnosis, the hours are on the print out they give you as a record of the service.

AND

My SHO has a "born on" date of 2015, put in service November 2016 and has 90 hours as of end of August 2020.

[WPC3]

I’m at 653 hours on my 200 flashed SHO. Original everything no warranty claims at all. I e done all
the routine maintenance myself.

[H2Power]

2014 250 SHO, 490 hrs., longblock replaced at 250 hrs.

[BloodRiverBandit]

That's the problem with all marine engines. It seems there isn't any manufacture able to put together a really reliable engine for fresh water bass fishing. What I would call reliable is something in the 1500+ range. It does seem the engines used in the Saltwater have more hours but I think it is because those engines are started and ran for long periods of time before being shutdown. The engine on a bassboat gets cranked up ran hard of 10 minutes then is shut off for 20 minutes then repeated all day long and it just kills the engine very prematurely. Just my opinion.

That’s exactly it. Pontoons and other boats with SHOs never had the issues bassboats did because they are ran different

[bass.man65]

Just picked up this 2013 250 don't look like it was run hard at all.thumbnail_IMG_20200829_165412619_HDR.jpg

[ChooChooSnakeMan]

My 2010 250 Sho was one of the first manufactured. I am the second owner. At around 200 hours it blew on the first owner who got the block replaced under the recall / warranty program. Before that happened he hit a shoal /sand bar and took out the lower unit which was replaced with a new unit at around 160 hours. The engine now has right at 300 hours or about 100 on the replaced power head and 140 or so on the lower unit. I love the engine, it is strong and runs good. I change what I'm supposed to change and I allow it to warm up and down and I do this pretty much each time I start and stop it all day. As has been mentioned I think a lot of the problems with outboards are from going hammer down on a cold engine and / or shutting a very hot engine off without any gradual cool down. The other big problem is that the engines don't have a closed water cooled cooling system like cars and trucks. If a manufacturer could come up with a light weight closed loop cooling system for an outboard then thermostats could be used that would get these engines up to the optimum operating temperature and keep them there. This would allow for proper seating of rings, elimination of moisture condensation from engine blocks, and allow the engines to operate at the best temperature for performance and maximum lubrication efficiency.

[woppercatcher]

Close to 300 now

[BULLYFISH]

I have a SHO 250 if l was going to get a new boat l Would get a Suzuki 250 SS on it. If l had to put a new motor in my Skeeter it would be a Suzuki. Most reliable motor out there turn the key and go

[tracer1]

My '09 had 223 hrs on it when Yamaha replaced the powerhead in Jan 2012. Have a total of 350 on the motor but only 131 on this powerhead. Don't use the boat as much as I use to.

[TexasSkeeter]

22

[KRC18D]

I Have 257 Hours on my 2017 115 sho. Done the regular maintenance and no problems.

[John Hagins]

2014 250 479 total hours, powerhead replaced at 196 hours.

John

[friogatto]

2016 132hrs on first powerhead

Used 685.9 gal of fuel
TRIP Distance 2182 miles
Trip Hours 238.1
Total Hours 238.1

Averages 3.18 mpg. Not bad on a 22ft 70 mph boat.