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Servicing your boat and the maintenance of your boat is definitely very important, whether
you buy a new or used boat. And the reasons why are the longevity of your boat. This is
something that's under a lot of stress and a lot of pressure when it's in the water,
so the more times that you change the oil--which is recommended once a year--change the lower
end fluid which is over here by the way. If you actually look on the out-drive, this is
what makes the boat go. So when the props are actually spinning when you give it gas,
that's actually what's going to make the boat pull. Now, changing the drive oil in this
is done annually, changing spark plugs, changing seals, changing water pumps and pillars is
something you're going to want to do every other year. So, this is definitely very important
because if you do decide not to do those things, you're going to find out in three to four
years that if you do overheat this drive you're going to end up spending anywhere from five
to eight thousand dollars in repairs, where you could have paid a hundred to three hundred
dollars in services. So you can see holding and trying to save the money on servicing
and maintenance what it can end up costing you down the road. Not only that, if you leave
your boat in saltwater, there are some things called zincs. Now, if you leave your boat
in saltwater you need to make sure these are changed every six months. Also you'll probably
want to get the boat bottom painted. What they'll do is actually paint the boat bottom
black, white, gray, whatever you prefer, but what it allows them to do is actually scrape
all the barnacles off the boat and keep the fiberglass nice and clean from the saltwater
from eating it away.