How to find hours on 2000 Captiva 272 BR

3dmike

Does anyone know if there is an hours gauge or some other way to find out about how many hours are on my 272?

Thanks!

Stodge

Well there could be an hour meter on the engine itself.  Or there can be one in the dash, sometimes in the tach, sometimes by itself.  I don't know if a 2000 will have a computer that keeps track of that like the smartcraft (2002 and newer merc).  If there is a computer and it keeps that info a mechanic should be able to extract that.

randy56

my boat does not have one either. I contacted the local dealer, they said I could bring it in and they had the soft ware to find out. Then you can put one on, it hooks up to the spark plug. $79.00 to get hours, $35 for hour meter

Handymans342

Do it

randy56

Agreed

Cableguy Greg

If it is a Thunderbolt V or newer, a good code reader should be able to get the hours off the engine. @Alswagg would be able to give you the best answer as to which ignitions can give you hour readings with the reader.

Dream_Inn

You can buy one of those tools for a couple hundred bucks, so if you want to do it yourself and then have a tool?  A dock neighbor of mine has one and it can come in handy.

3dmike

Thanks! I appreciate it. I'll see what I can find.

qwikwhip

I have the Rinda scan tool. Like others have said any MPI and thunderbolts with an ecu store hours. It's a pretty handy tool for any newer MPI boat as they can read all kinds of info as well as trouble codes. I've helped out many a dock neighbors with it. lol