WaltH
05-29-2010, 08:06 PM
My engine hour meter quit yesterday at 1070.9 hours. The trip hour meter also quit at the same time. I have been expecting this based on what others have reported. Carlo said they would come up with a fix for this. Obviously, the fix won't help me.
I will never know how long the Rotax engine was able to go before major work was required. I would like it to be in the vicinity of 3,000 hours, or more. At the first homecoming in Valcourt I asked the liaison person from Rotax "how long will the engine last before major repairs are needed". He said it should last more than 500 hundred hours. I knew this was the wrong answer, but I didn't say anything. I just let it pass. I thought maybe something got mixed up in the German/English translation. Perhaps he meant to say 5,000 hours, not 500 hours. Five thousand hours would be great. Perhaps he was speaking of metric hours. :2thumbs:
I will never know how long the Rotax engine was able to go before major work was required. I would like it to be in the vicinity of 3,000 hours, or more. At the first homecoming in Valcourt I asked the liaison person from Rotax "how long will the engine last before major repairs are needed". He said it should last more than 500 hundred hours. I knew this was the wrong answer, but I didn't say anything. I just let it pass. I thought maybe something got mixed up in the German/English translation. Perhaps he meant to say 5,000 hours, not 500 hours. Five thousand hours would be great. Perhaps he was speaking of metric hours. :2thumbs: