Hands servicing a marine engine's valve gear
Photo: Unsplash
Weymouth · outboard & inboard specialist

Engines that start first pull.

Servicing, repairs, gearboxes and repowers — on the bench in the workshop, or at your mooring with the mobile van. Photos of what we find, old parts back in a box.

Book a service She's running rough →
On the bench today Yanmar 3YM30
Fault finder

What's she doing wrong?

Pick the symptom and we'll tell you what it usually is, straight — before you've spent a penny.

SALTWAY BENCH DIAGNOSIS · NO-NONSENSE EDITIONEST. CAUSES BY FREQUENCY, 18 YRS OF JOBS

Service menu

Like a service schedule. Because it is one.

Fixed prices where the job is fixed; a straight quote where it isn't. Tap a job to see exactly what's in it.

Included
  • Engine oil & filter, gear oil
  • Plugs, fuel filter, primer bulb check
  • Impeller inspected or replaced
  • Anodes checked, greased linkages
  • Full running check on the flush tank
  • Service book stamped
Book SVC–100
Included
  • Engine & gearbox oils, filters
  • Belts, impeller, coolant
  • Anodes — engine and saildrive
  • Stern gland / seal check
  • Mounts & alignment eyeballed
  • Sea trial with you aboard
Book SVC–200
How it works
  • Stripped and measured on the bench
  • Photos of every stage
  • Written quote before any rebuild
  • Bearings, seals, clusters — genuine parts
  • Bench-tested before it goes back in
  • Old parts in a box if you want them
Book GBX–300
Included
  • Honest advice on whether to repower at all
  • Old lump out, new engine in
  • Mounts, exhaust, fuel, controls, electrics
  • Shaft alignment done properly
  • Commissioning sea trial
  • Warranty registered in your name
Book RPW–400
Included
  • Fogged bores, pickled cooling
  • Fuel stabilised, battery advice
  • Laid up dry — workshop or your cover
  • Spring recommission & running check
  • First-start done by us, not luck
  • Reminder when it's time — you won't forget
Book WTR–500

Genuine parts as standard · we'll say when the pattern part is honestly just as good

Fairing a propeller with a grinder in the workshop Photo: Unsplash
The workshop

Fixed on a bench, not in a car park.

Bench

Test tank, press, calibrated torque wrenches and the right pullers for the job — not a socket set in a van footwell.

Parts

OEM as standard. When the pattern part is honestly just as good, we say so and you choose.

Van

Mobile servicing Weymouth to Poole — mooring, marina or driveway, same kit as the bench.

Paper

No mystery invoices. Photos of what we found, and the old parts back in a box if you want them.

Get booked in
Outboard engine running at speed in spray Photo: Unsplash
Sea-trialled, not just started
Hands stripping a gearbox cluster Photo: Unsplash
GBX–300 · strip & inspect
Outboard tilted clear of the water at dusk Photo: Unsplash
Winterised · ready for spring
What owners say

The engine man people pass on.

“Three other places said repower. Saltway found a cracked fuel line and a tired impeller, and she's run all season on a £190 bill. That's why the yard sends everyone here.”

Martin D.Hardy 25 · diagnostics & service

“Van came to the mooring, serviced both engines before lunch. Booked next year's on the spot.”

Ellen & Rob F.Broom 30 · mobile service

“Gearbox rebuilt over winter, photos at every stage. It shifts better than when the boat was new.”

Pete W.Drascombe Lugger · gearbox
18 yrs on marine engines Yanmar · Beta · Volvo Penta trained Fully insured incl. sea trials Trade work for 3 local yards
Get booked in

Tell us what she's doing wrong.

Workshop: 01305 000 001 Email: workshop@saltwaymarine.co.uk Find us: Saltway Yard, Weymouth · Mon–Fri 8–5:30, Sat 8–12:30
Mobile van covers Weymouth · Portland · Dorchester · Poole — mooring, marina or driveway
Job sheet · new booking