89 60hp Evenrude dreaded alarm

Bassbuggy

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Just recently purchased & previous owner gave me a very old control box to go with it. He also bypassed the VRO. I ran it twice in the driveway making adjustments & it ran great, 15-20 minutes at a time. I put it in the lake made a few adjustments & drove for ? and the dreaded alarm went off. The faster I drove the louder & faster it got.
I replaced the Thermostat & water pump. Gave it a test run in the driveway . The water that coming out of the back is ice cold & the alarm comes on within 1-2 minutes. I shut it down immediately & felt the power head & cyl heads, they are not even warm to the touch.
 

HybridMX6

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Re: 89 60hp Evenrude dreaded alarm

There are different alarms for different things. It could be the VRO alarm is not disconnected yet, so it's sending an alarm for that. What is the alarm? short beeps, long beeps, etc. Let us know and we can go from there.
 

Bassbuggy

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Re: 89 60hp Evenrude dreaded alarm

The alarm beeps 2 seconds every 2 seconds and if I go faster it sounds faster.
 
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