Post by 985crabs on Jan 11, 2023 8:42:54 GMT -6
So I'm out the other day not catching and decide to head in. I get a 'never seen before' warning on my Yammy Multi-function gauge. My buddy looks it up and it's a water separator fault. My motor doesn't have one under the hood with a sensor on it??? We shut down and turn off all power. Then start up again and it went away.
We proceed towards the dock and I get an overheat warning blinking on the gauge. I check the pisser and it's doing nicely, water pressure 17 psi. No horn went off and the motor did not go into self-preservation mode. I shut down anyway to see if it would clear. It did not. After 20 minutes of trying to look up what the gauge was trying to tell us, we proceeded again towards the dock at a sedate speed with the indicator flashing, the motor peeing and water pressure above 15 psi. We recovered the boat without incident.
Further investigation had me test my thermo sensors on the block up by the thermostats. They are not shorted. I also intentionally shorted the system to simulate a failed sensor and trigger the warning horn. This worked on both sides.
I ran the motor again on the ears and the gauge was normal at startup. Within 6 minutes of running at idle the warning indicator reappeared. I took the temperature of the block by the thermo sensors and it was <=130 F.
I did notice the gauge flashed on and off a couple times, like there was a display, then no display, then a display again. I looked under the console and found that there had been some water intrusion and some of the 13 miles of wire under there was wet. This is when I put 2 & 2 together. Eureka, maybe the gauge is jacked up!
The next day I turned the ignition key on without attempting to start the motor. I just wanted power running through the system. The gauge gave normal readings initially. I came back to it and the overheat indicator was blinking and the motor was stone cold.
Long story, I know, but I thought I'd offer as much detail as I could so as to not waste anyone's time asking questions I should have already answered.
I'm sure it's time to replace my thermostats. It's been suggested that I do the poppet valve as well. There's also another thermal sensor on the block that could be faulty. The thing is, given that the thing is giving wacky readings while cold, I don't know that the mechanic issues are the culprit. The thermo sensors checked out too.
Do I replace the gauge? Do I unplug it and dry out all the contacts and see if that makes a difference? I'm not against buying some parts and replacing stuff. I'd just like to buy the right ones.
Thx
We proceed towards the dock and I get an overheat warning blinking on the gauge. I check the pisser and it's doing nicely, water pressure 17 psi. No horn went off and the motor did not go into self-preservation mode. I shut down anyway to see if it would clear. It did not. After 20 minutes of trying to look up what the gauge was trying to tell us, we proceeded again towards the dock at a sedate speed with the indicator flashing, the motor peeing and water pressure above 15 psi. We recovered the boat without incident.
Further investigation had me test my thermo sensors on the block up by the thermostats. They are not shorted. I also intentionally shorted the system to simulate a failed sensor and trigger the warning horn. This worked on both sides.
I ran the motor again on the ears and the gauge was normal at startup. Within 6 minutes of running at idle the warning indicator reappeared. I took the temperature of the block by the thermo sensors and it was <=130 F.
I did notice the gauge flashed on and off a couple times, like there was a display, then no display, then a display again. I looked under the console and found that there had been some water intrusion and some of the 13 miles of wire under there was wet. This is when I put 2 & 2 together. Eureka, maybe the gauge is jacked up!
The next day I turned the ignition key on without attempting to start the motor. I just wanted power running through the system. The gauge gave normal readings initially. I came back to it and the overheat indicator was blinking and the motor was stone cold.
Long story, I know, but I thought I'd offer as much detail as I could so as to not waste anyone's time asking questions I should have already answered.
I'm sure it's time to replace my thermostats. It's been suggested that I do the poppet valve as well. There's also another thermal sensor on the block that could be faulty. The thing is, given that the thing is giving wacky readings while cold, I don't know that the mechanic issues are the culprit. The thermo sensors checked out too.
Do I replace the gauge? Do I unplug it and dry out all the contacts and see if that makes a difference? I'm not against buying some parts and replacing stuff. I'd just like to buy the right ones.
Thx
