Boat Overhaul
Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Poole, Worthing, Brighton
Are you looking for boat overhaul in Southampton and the south coast? When winter comes, it is time to place your boat in the garage or in storage for the period. Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Poole, Worthing and Brighton.
Owning your own boat could bring months of pleasure from spring to autumn. Yet when winter comes, it's time to place your boat in the garage or in storage for the period.
Preparation is the key to avoid disappointment the next time to enjoy being on the water.
In the meantime, however, why not capitalise on the time it stays indoors. Take your boat in for maintenance, makeover and repairs.
This helps prevent trouble in the spring when you start it up again. Avoid bringing your boat in mid-spring for a remodelling project that could have been finished before.
Why not utilise the winter when you can't be on your boat to make any kind of changes you could desire or require this year?
At Motive Marine we function all year-round. We give wintertime boat overhauls for boat proprietors throughout Southampton and the South Coast.
Our knowledgeable team could address any kind of concerns you have relating to the maintenance of your boat. We keep a large supply of OEM parts and aftermarket parts at our facility, so you don't need to wait for any type of longer for your boat to be on-line.
Several of our maintenance suggestions include:
- Oil lower unit
- Grease as required
- Treatment for fuel filter components
- Service/winterise engines
- Replacement of ignition system
- Fresh fuel and oil
Boat Refurbishment
Motive Marine is devoted to supplying an unrivalled solution. We could deal with your yacht solution, maintenance and repair. We also offer full private yacht refit and boat refurbishments whatever their scale.
- Luxury Yacht Refit Services, Boat Refurbishment & Yacht Interiors
- Engineering - from servicing to engine and generator revival
- Pipes - from freshwater systems to cooling
- Shipwright abilities in GRP, state-of-the-art composites, wood, aluminium and steel
- Electric solutions - from system checks to full rewire
- Electronics repairing to recommending on upgrades, supplying and suitable new electronics and enjoyment systems
- Setting up solutions - from gear check to complete re-rig and repaint of spars
- Yacht Interiors
Our knowledgeable team have the ability to offer advice on all aspects of your yacht's refit and restoration. This will make sure that she is in great shape for the boating period.
Ask us about private yacht renovation and boat maintenance.
What Does a Boat Overhaul Entail?
Typically, boat engine specialists, such as ourselves, are reluctant to carry out only partial boat repairs or overhauls of vessels. Without checking the entirety of the boat, there is no way we can guarantee that everything is in working order, and therefore cannot provide you with a warranty. Therefore, it is often best to undertake an entire overhaul of any boats or yachts whenever required.
It is best not to skimp on overhauling costs, especially if your boat has been sitting in the marina untouched for a while. Given that boat engines, particularly high-performance diesel models, are incredibly complex pieces of machinery. Therefore, you want an experienced pair of hands overseeing your overhauls, such as our trained and qualified technicians and marine engineers.
Unlike naturally aspirated outboards, more complex, high-performance diesel engines have thousands of intricate parts that an expert must professionally assess. Therefore, you can see why taking your boat to your local mechanic working out of a shed might not be the best way to overhaul your boat's engine.
You may think that an engine overhaul might only consist of replacing a few worn washers and cylinder liners, but there's far more to it than this. Here are a few of the engine's components that need to be inspected during an overhaul.
- Cylinder heads and valves
- Seals on the crankshaft
- Fuel injection pump
- Fuel injectors
- Coolants and fluids
- Turbo-chargers
- Heat exchangers
- Electrical components and sensors
- Intercoolers and blowers
- Seals on the crankshaft
- Exhaust risers
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Seawater pumps
- Circulation pumps
- Oil coolers
- Thermostats
- Drive plat adaptors and dampeners
Alongside all the engine's major components, there are innumerable washers, nuts rings, pins, gaskets, and all manner of other pieces that need to be checked. There is usually a charge to dispose of waste and other costs, such as new oil and fluids for the engine. As you can imagine, a professional overhaul entails quite a lot of paperwork to detail these components and their condition.
However, this paperwork is essential when keeping track of your boat's condition. It is almost always recommended that you get an invoice for the work carried out during a boat engine overhaul. This is the best way to know exactly what the engineer has checked and whether any components have been repaired or replaced.
Therefore, you should not treat your engine overhaul lightly. Keeping track of exactly what was done to overhaul your engine can help you avoid any serious money issues in the future. This is particularly true for older boats. For example, if your invoice shows that your engineer simply replaced the nuts, washers and bearings in the engine before sealing it back up again, you essentially have the same engine you went to the engineer with in the first place.
The timing between the overhaul and when you purchase a boat is also a crucial consideration to make. For example, if there is an invoice for an overhaul shortly after the boat was first owned, it is more likely that most of the engine was checked. Conversely, if there was an overhaul of the engine just before the boat was listed for sale, it is more likely some parts were skipped, and the boat was just being made ready to sell.
If you require boat overhaul in Southampton or the surrounding areas, get in touch today. Call 02380 232 009 for marine engineering in Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Poole, Worthing and Brighton .