Hi there...
Ive exhausted all of my back yard "know how" and I cant bear to bring my motor to the stealer oops, I mean the Dealer to solve my "NO OIL LIGHT" that comes on problem...I hope someone here can help!
I have a 2000, Evinrude FICHT 150Hp with about 600 hours on it. While out this past weekend and after some high speed running and a few miles of trolling out at Cape Cod, we were on our way into Pamet harbor when the "No oil light" suddenly came on with that ear piercing tone....Anyway, I have plenty of RAM oil in the tank (2gals) and the primer bulb was hard. We shut the motor down and restarted. The light and tone were gone and things appeared back to normal. I figured that this was a fluke so I went back out into the bay, buzzed around at high and low speeds and decided it was "fixed". Again, back into port (while going about 3knts) and the light and tone came back. I shut the motor off, turned it back on again and the light and tone were now off. We put the it on the trailer and called it a bad day.
Next day, at the lake, the light and noise came on about 2 times only while at very slow speeds.
HERES WHAT I HAVE DONE SO FAR:
I cleaned and inspected the oil pressure switch..looks fine, clean and no corrosion. (oh, also I have already ordered a new one for only 23$ I figure I should start there)
I have verified that the return oil line to the reservoir was flowing at an adequate rate of flow while the motor was at 1500rpm say 12oz or so per min.
I have removed and verified that all of the oil lines on the oil distribution manifold (just above the electric oil pump that looks like a fuel injector pump) are squirting oil at an adequate level as well.
I have tested oil pressure by screwing a mechanical oil pressure tester into the same hole that the oil pressure sender switch occupies. I found this motor to have CONSISTENT 12psi when at startup, idle and out to about 2800rpms. It goes up a bit after 2800 but I dont want to run this motor WOT on a garden hose...lol.
Heres what the local stealers have told me: "needs an oil pump" "needs an oil pump diaphram" "you need a new tachometer" "needs an oil pressure sending switch" "aw, thats just a FICHT being a FICHT" on and on and on...
Should any of you have a suggestions PLEASE let me know and that would be most appreciated!!!!!!!!!
Ive exhausted all of my back yard "know how" and I cant bear to bring my motor to the stealer oops, I mean the Dealer to solve my "NO OIL LIGHT" that comes on problem...I hope someone here can help!
I have a 2000, Evinrude FICHT 150Hp with about 600 hours on it. While out this past weekend and after some high speed running and a few miles of trolling out at Cape Cod, we were on our way into Pamet harbor when the "No oil light" suddenly came on with that ear piercing tone....Anyway, I have plenty of RAM oil in the tank (2gals) and the primer bulb was hard. We shut the motor down and restarted. The light and tone were gone and things appeared back to normal. I figured that this was a fluke so I went back out into the bay, buzzed around at high and low speeds and decided it was "fixed". Again, back into port (while going about 3knts) and the light and tone came back. I shut the motor off, turned it back on again and the light and tone were now off. We put the it on the trailer and called it a bad day.
Next day, at the lake, the light and noise came on about 2 times only while at very slow speeds.
HERES WHAT I HAVE DONE SO FAR:
I cleaned and inspected the oil pressure switch..looks fine, clean and no corrosion. (oh, also I have already ordered a new one for only 23$ I figure I should start there)
I have verified that the return oil line to the reservoir was flowing at an adequate rate of flow while the motor was at 1500rpm say 12oz or so per min.
I have removed and verified that all of the oil lines on the oil distribution manifold (just above the electric oil pump that looks like a fuel injector pump) are squirting oil at an adequate level as well.
I have tested oil pressure by screwing a mechanical oil pressure tester into the same hole that the oil pressure sender switch occupies. I found this motor to have CONSISTENT 12psi when at startup, idle and out to about 2800rpms. It goes up a bit after 2800 but I dont want to run this motor WOT on a garden hose...lol.
Heres what the local stealers have told me: "needs an oil pump" "needs an oil pump diaphram" "you need a new tachometer" "needs an oil pressure sending switch" "aw, thats just a FICHT being a FICHT" on and on and on...
Should any of you have a suggestions PLEASE let me know and that would be most appreciated!!!!!!!!!