Low oil alarm on 96 Mariner EFI

[crazycarl516]

I just purchased a 1996 Basscat with a 96 Mariner magnum efi. Yesterday I was fishing a tournament and was running wide open across the lake. An alarm went off and I immediately shut the boat down. Pulled the cowling off the motor and the oil tank on the motor was about half full. The main oil tank had plenty in it. I filled the one on the motor all the way up and restarted the boat and it ran fine the rest of the day. I've read a little bit about this plastic gear that is notorious for going out on these motors. My question is. Did I do any damage to the motor even though the oil tank on the motor was half full??? And how much of a pain in the ass is it to replace that plastic gear? I'm not even %100 sure it was the gear. Could it be anything else that would keep that tank from getting oil???

 

[Faztbullet]

Oil gear does not fill tanks, it is filled by pressure from engine. Check that the oil/air line is not pinched at cowling and the oil tank caps are tight on tank in boat and O-rings in caps are intact....