2000 Evinrude - momentary oil & check engine light. =? New to this forum.

I am new to this forum - am a regular on Offshoreonly, The Hull Truth, and a few others. I am relatively new to outboards, but I know hi performance stern drives quite well. Can't believe it took me this long to find this place. Hope I can be helpful, but this time I am looking for help.

Took the boat out last weekend and it ran great. But I had the oil check engine diagnostic lights lite up ever so briefly. Not sure what to check.

Coming up on plane, I heard warning buzzer and out of corner of my eye I first saw the oil light and then the check engine light come on. By the time my eyes got to it, they were out. I also "think" I saw the volt meter drop and tach jump, but not sure.

Later in day, idling along and same thing happened - twice. Didn't even last a second - it was that fast. Still not sure about tach & voltmeter fluctuate. Motor never even hicupped.

When cleaning, that motor had a "tad" bit more black stuff around exhaust that other motor (which was cleaner than usual), but nothing out of the ordinary.

I checked every connection in the power distribution panel - all good - zero corrosion.

Glitch? Something loose? Check ......? Sensor. . . . .?
Any advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Re: 2000 Evinrude - momentary oil & check engine light. =? New to this forum.

What is the model number of the outboard. Without that info it is very difficult to help you.

Re: 2000 Evinrude - momentary oil & check engine light. =? New to this forum.

hidef said:

What is the model number of the outboard. Without that info it is very difficult to help you.

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oops sorry - E225FPXSS

Re: 2000 Evinrude - momentary oil & check engine light. =? New to this forum.

Sounds like you have a loose electrical connection in the charging sysem somewhere or your voltage rectifier/regulator is starting to go . Hopefully someone with Ficht experience will be able to help you out.

Re: 2000 Evinrude - momentary oil & check engine light. =? New to this forum.

When you first start the motor, the engine check should cycle thru all the lights and you should get a short beep from the warning horn. if this is what you are seeing while underway, the System Check Tach may be resetting due to a momentary loss of voltage. This happens on my boat all the time, whenever I hit a bump, and darned if I can find out what causes it.

Re: 2000 Evinrude - momentary oil & check engine light. =? New to this forum.

Chris1956 said:

When you first start the motor, the engine check should cycle thru all the lights and you should get a short beep from the warning horn. if this is what you are seeing while underway, the System Check Tach may be resetting due to a momentary loss of voltage. This happens on my boat all the time, whenever I hit a bump, and darned if I can find out what causes it.

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Correct on 1st start up. However, I am not getting that. First the bottom oil light comes on w/ beep and then the check engine light comes on. Then goes out - very quickly and at no wake speeds - thus no bumping or bouncing.

Re: 2000 Evinrude - momentary oil & check engine light. =? New to this forum.

Try checking your battery. I understand that if a battery is getting old and weak, this can cause problems too.
From my understanding, the Fichts tend to be finicky about the voltage that they are getting.