Took the kids fishing in my 87 Tracker with 87 Yam. 70hp yesterday. This is the first time I have had this boat on the water. I picked it up to replace an older tiller model. I premixed the fuel as I am not sure if the oil injection is working properly.
Went accross the lake @ 3/4 throttle no problem. Shut down to rig fishing lines then started trolling. almost immediatly the alarm started (oil or temp ) I shut the motor down and restarted it but the alarm was still sounding. I sped up a bit and the alarm stopped but couln't get any rpm's must have activated the limiter. When I got home I checked the thermostat and tried it in hot water and it opened fine. Should I replace the impeller (pump kit)? I also tried testing the thermal resistor on the cyl. head but couldn't get a reading with my ohm meter unless it was set to meg scale. Should I replace the sensor as well? Maybe I'm still missing something. I believe the boat sat for ot least a season without being used.
TIA
Mike.
Went accross the lake @ 3/4 throttle no problem. Shut down to rig fishing lines then started trolling. almost immediatly the alarm started (oil or temp ) I shut the motor down and restarted it but the alarm was still sounding. I sped up a bit and the alarm stopped but couln't get any rpm's must have activated the limiter. When I got home I checked the thermostat and tried it in hot water and it opened fine. Should I replace the impeller (pump kit)? I also tried testing the thermal resistor on the cyl. head but couldn't get a reading with my ohm meter unless it was set to meg scale. Should I replace the sensor as well? Maybe I'm still missing something. I believe the boat sat for ot least a season without being used.
TIA
Mike.
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