Good morning and hello everyone.
I am currently chasing down alarm issues. On this motor per the book it says its either low oil or overheat. It is the steady beep tone. I have done the following so far:
Pulled the lower unit to inspect the impeller and found that a very shoddy job was performed in installing the face seal on the housing. It was split on one side, and was clearly too small for the drive shaft, and leads me to believe that the shop who serviced it, knew they had the wrong one and "Made" it fit. Should I change the impeller as well? It is in great shape (barely 5 hours of run time) but it does look a little larger than what I would think is normal. To me it has too much of an S shape to it.
I pulled the thermostat, which may have been a good call. It looked pretty ugly and frail.
I pulled each of the three spark plugs, they are the correct ones, however they do show signs of fouling. Am not sure what is causing that? Carb sucking oil?
I replaced my fuel line/bulb with one that is advertised better protection/resistance for ethanol gas. I also use ethanol treatments when I cant use pure gas.
On the water after doing the above, I still get the alarm. At first it was at 5000-5400 rpm after 5-10min idle at no greater than 1800rpm. After that it would happen within the 4000 range. Keeping it below 3600 seems to prevent the alarms. I disconnected the OT sensor, and the very loud alarm ceased. But I can still hear the weak sounding tone from the console.
Also observed that when running the engine, idle or more, I see water coming out from where the steering knuckle enters the engine? I think that's what its called. Is that normal?
I have not disconnected the oil temp yet, ran out of daylight yesterday. I plan to do that today. I feel like I am on the right path and having some mechanical knowledge thanks to my career, I have more confidence in doing things myself rather than spending hundreds or more at a shop.
After running full throttle on first launch for a few minutes, I get the steady tone. If I kill the engine and wait approx. 20 seconds, the alarm resets, and I can run the engine until I hit around 3600+ RPM. Keeping it under 3600 definitely prevents the alarm. The water from the weep hole runs a few degrees warmer than the river/lake. It is no where near 120+ degrees.
Much obliged for any help that can be directed this way.
All in all, I am in it for $70 currently. 7 for the seal, 24 for the thermostat, and 40 for the fuel line.
Which is perhaps much better than what I was quoted before. $100 for the boat to get looked at, $150 for them to troubleshoot on the water, then whatever ungodly amount for parts and hourly labor.
Again, thanks for any help and thanks for the read!
I am currently chasing down alarm issues. On this motor per the book it says its either low oil or overheat. It is the steady beep tone. I have done the following so far:
Pulled the lower unit to inspect the impeller and found that a very shoddy job was performed in installing the face seal on the housing. It was split on one side, and was clearly too small for the drive shaft, and leads me to believe that the shop who serviced it, knew they had the wrong one and "Made" it fit. Should I change the impeller as well? It is in great shape (barely 5 hours of run time) but it does look a little larger than what I would think is normal. To me it has too much of an S shape to it.
I pulled the thermostat, which may have been a good call. It looked pretty ugly and frail.
I pulled each of the three spark plugs, they are the correct ones, however they do show signs of fouling. Am not sure what is causing that? Carb sucking oil?
I replaced my fuel line/bulb with one that is advertised better protection/resistance for ethanol gas. I also use ethanol treatments when I cant use pure gas.
On the water after doing the above, I still get the alarm. At first it was at 5000-5400 rpm after 5-10min idle at no greater than 1800rpm. After that it would happen within the 4000 range. Keeping it below 3600 seems to prevent the alarms. I disconnected the OT sensor, and the very loud alarm ceased. But I can still hear the weak sounding tone from the console.
Also observed that when running the engine, idle or more, I see water coming out from where the steering knuckle enters the engine? I think that's what its called. Is that normal?
I have not disconnected the oil temp yet, ran out of daylight yesterday. I plan to do that today. I feel like I am on the right path and having some mechanical knowledge thanks to my career, I have more confidence in doing things myself rather than spending hundreds or more at a shop.
After running full throttle on first launch for a few minutes, I get the steady tone. If I kill the engine and wait approx. 20 seconds, the alarm resets, and I can run the engine until I hit around 3600+ RPM. Keeping it under 3600 definitely prevents the alarm. The water from the weep hole runs a few degrees warmer than the river/lake. It is no where near 120+ degrees.
Much obliged for any help that can be directed this way.
All in all, I am in it for $70 currently. 7 for the seal, 24 for the thermostat, and 40 for the fuel line.
Which is perhaps much better than what I was quoted before. $100 for the boat to get looked at, $150 for them to troubleshoot on the water, then whatever ungodly amount for parts and hourly labor.
Again, thanks for any help and thanks for the read!