Hello from newbie,<br /><br />I have purchased my first boat and need some advice. (the previous advice was not to buy a boat......lol, but, i couldn't help myself)<br /><br />Anyway, I have ran the boat a couple of times and all seems well except one thing. My starboard engine doesn't seem to want to pull oil from the onboard tank under the center console. I have twin 1999 Merc 250 EFI's with about 420 hrs on each motor.<br /><br />How I first noticed the problem was the dreaded 3 alarm system. (good system...bad when you hear it though)I shut down the motors and opened the the cowling and noticed that the resevoir on the motor was half full. I filled the resevoir back up and fired the motor back up and walla...no alarms. Then later in the day the alarms went off again and so I immediately checked the resevoir and again half full.<br /><br />It seems that the motor is getting oil ok but, it is not pulling it from the tank under the center console???<br /><br />Any ideas how and what might be wrong? Any help would appreciated.<br /><br />Thanks so much,<br /><br />Bob