Old warning message on a new F300

[Shoulder]

I just picked up a new 2023 Grady White with a Yamaha F300. I was messing around on the engine monitor display and checked out the Warning Manager screen. It said there was a Check Engine warning from September 2019. This is a new 2023 boat. My two concerns are that my brand new engine (with 10 hours on it) might have a potential issue, and my brand new boat has an engine that was made in 2019. What was this engine doing for the last 4 years? For registration purposes, this is a 2023 engine, but if it was actually made 4 years ago and has been sitting in a box...that concerns me. How do I verify the manufacture date?

[boscoe99]

What is the complete serial number of your motor? Should be on your paper work and also on a sticker on the side of the motor.

[boscoe99]

Not unusual at all for a motor made several years ago to get installed on a new boat. Motors are bought in advance for stock purposes.

[Shoulder]

What is the complete serial number of your motor? Should be on your paper work and also on a sticker on the side of the motor.

The SN is 6KAX1010194

[boscoe99]

From what limited information that I have access to, it would appear to me that your motor was made after 2021.

You can call Yamaha Customer Service at (866) 894-1626 and they can tell you the exact month and year the motor was made.

[boscoe99]

Call Yamaha Customer Service at 866-894-1626 and they can tell you the month and year the motor was made. I am guessing it was made after 2021.

[Shoulder]

Ok, contacted Yamaha customer service and they verified that the engine was built July 2022. I feel much better now. However, I'm still curious about how a check engine warning shows up in the Warning Manager dated Sep 2019. The customer service person couldn't answer that one.

[boscoe99]

Beats the heck out of me as well. Software in the display would be my guess.

Not the same but take a look at any of the posts on this forum by 99yam40. He has thousands of posts. He is shown as being recently signed up.

[Shoulder]

I wonder if the display unit itself might be a 2019...like it was used on a different engine at one point and moved over to my boat...

[zenoahphobic]

I wonder if the display unit itself might be a 2019...like it was used on a different engine at one point and moved over to my boat...

My guess too. Software updates are recorded when issued, wouldn’t dismiss this as a glitch. Probably a fault in the “first” engine that they could not clear, so swapped guage. Sorry for the touch of sinicism.

[99yam40]

Beats the heck out of me as well. Software in the display would be my guess.

Not the same but take a look at any of the posts on this forum by 99yam40. He has thousands of posts. He is shown as being recently signed up.

at first I thought you were saying I knew something about this problem, but now realize you are just refering to the glitch that shows I just signed up for this forum every time I post.