14 hours ago, amartin said:

I did all of it on my 2013.  Only time it went back to the dealer was to trade it in.  There are a few more items on the new boats that may or may not be a bit more complicated, i.e. coolant, fuel filter, etc. that I will take a crack at when the time comes.  I am on a lift year round and try to avoid taking the boat out of the water unless I really need to...  The biggest challenge is being enough of a contortionist to be able to reach all of the components.  Doing it yourself saves $$$, but also time off of the water in my opinion.

Outside of the maintenance schedule, just looking around for problems.  For example, a couple of years ago on my 2013 if felt a bit of a clunk / slop when checking to see that the prop / shaft was rotating freely (by hand).  This led to to find all 4 coupling bolts pretty loose.  Quick easy fix that prevented an issue from becoming a problem.

I'm over 300 hours and done everything myself so far.   The fuel filter and dealing with coolant are not really "difficult" on the newer motors.   I'll update my original post since I probably wasn't clear in what I'm looking for.   

@justgary Oh, I'm not debating you but I don't know if that's going to be my first go to here.  Beyond the carbon (knock on wood) she's reunning great.  Very smooth at all speeds.  My research shows that I'd have additional issues with a hung up injector so I'm not positive I want to pull those.  It's a job for sure.  

While they are in there, I’d ask them to take a quick look at the exhaust manifolds and make sure there aren’t any broken studs. I think you should already have the newer style manifolds but that would be a sucky thing to have happen out of warranty (like me, 133k miles). 

@Bozboat no no, wasn't you! I'd found that site based off of something here in some posting (wait, maybe it WAS you!   ), and I was thrilled that I could still buy them because we've had a broken gas cap on my buddy's Sportster for years.  And that place is local to me (as is Bakes). Bought it, THEN looked them up on a whim on Bakes site, and it was $12 better price!

My starboard rear ballast won't drain. Pump doesn't even seem to be turning on unless I put the fuse in the bypass slot. Fuse doesn't seem to be blown either as when I put the same fuse in the bypass slot the pump drains. Would it still drain with a bad fuse in bypass? Any ideas?

2013 Malibu 22 MXZ