godfrey pontoon beeping

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Engreps

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What type engine? Beeping is not good............!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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This is engine related and not boat related. Look in your engine manual to determine the cause of the beeps. If you don't have a manual, contact a local marina or the engine manufacturer.

The beep is typically an indicator of overheating or low oil. Don't run the engine again utill you have resolved the problem.
 
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A constant tone or steady beep is a sign of overheating. That is not good. Depending on which engine you have, intermittent beeps are related to the oil injection system which is also not a good thing. DO NOT run that engine until you determine what the beep is telling you. It may just be a malfunctioning alarm system but why risk destroying an engine.
 
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Very good advise..... Don't run the engine till you see what beep you are having. i hope its only a water pump problem which is an easy fix.....
 
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Engreps said:
Very good advise..... Don't run the engine till you see what beep you are having. i hope its only a water pump problem which is an easy fix.....
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I hope it's only an alarm problem since it sounds like he's been using it that way.:eek:
 
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EGlideRider said:
This is engine related and not boat related. Look in your engine manual to determine the cause of the beeps. If you don't have a manual, contact a local marina or the engine manufacturer.

The beep is typically an indicator of overheating or low oil. Don't run the engine again utill you have resolved the problem.
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I had that problem one day.It was driving me nut's. I called the dealer on my cell phone and they said check my oil level.Sure enough it was very low.I had a gallon with me so I put the oil in the reserve tank and the noise stopped(.Mercury 90hp two stroke oil injected.)
 
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News flash sir! That is not a reserve tank. Your engine consumes that oil at an effective rate of 50:1 fuel/oil ratio. Meaning that for every six gallons of fuel you run through the engine that resevoir loses one pint of fuel. It is a fuel and oil pre-mix device that does the metering. That resevoir needs to be checked every time you fill up with fuel. Run it dry and you destroy your engine.
 
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I've let the oil level get a tad lower than I'd like, possibly low enough to trigger, but I'm not sure. Guess I need to check the alarm system. I've never run the tank dry though.
 
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The buzzer is there for a reason ,,, and yes don't run it till you know what its tryin to tell ya !!!!
 
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I have a godfrey pontoon, A 95 24 foot with a 95 90 horse mariner and the first time i took her out when the oil got to about a 1/3 left the boat started beeping, I immediately headed for the marina at a slow pace and refilled the oil reserve to full and it quit beeping. The way i know if its at a little below half a tank is when im going pretty quickly and turn it usually gives me a little beep. I then know it needs more oil pretty soon. No reason to let it run to low
 
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Micahhaase said:
No reason to let it run to low
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Unless you count absentmindedness, which occasionally afflicts the best of us. I always keep a gallon of Quicksilver two stroke in the boat and have found myself adding it on the water more than once.
 
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Unless you count absentmindedness, which occasionally afflicts the best of us. I always keep a gallon of Quicksilver two stroke in the boat and have found myself adding it on the water more than once.
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Yea I learned that after the first outing where when it started beeping we had to drive all the way back to the marina and spend 10 bucks a quart on the oil. Now I keep extra in the boat. ALONG with extra tools. Seems like everytime Im out I think of something else i need to keep on the boat other than the required by law items which I wont go in the water without
 
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oil is full ,just changed impeller runs fine still beeps,its not overheating
 
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It would be good to know what the beeps sounded like and what motor it was, 1 month down track and no info yet.
 
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