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I recently completed a lot of work on my boat because it needed some TLC after purchasing it and doing a lot or research on being a boat owner. So far I have cleared up all the previous problems with the exception for two and the common element is the gauges.
Last year I ran my boat maybe 6 times since I was out of state or just to busy to do anything with it. At the on set of this year I took it out and when trying to go WOT it would sputter and drop to about 3200 RPM until I throttled down to about 3/4 where I could get it to hold at 3800 RPM. Took to the forums and found lots of things to check, which i did. Replaced water pump, found oil level sensor wasn't hooked up on the motor, fuel filter was mucked up, fuel pump was fine, installed fuel/water separator, drained/cleaned fuel tank of bad fuel. Also had a bad livewell impeller, bilge pump switch and some other electrical issues that have all been resolved.
Here's the only remaining issues, with out running the motor my gauges are showing a water temp alarm, thermo-switches checked out good. Also, my fuel gauge reads empty unless I have a completely full tank, fuel sender is within specs and corroded/bad connections have been replaced since there was one that was completely corroded. I have eliminated almost every thing I can possibly think of except for the gauges for these two issues. The gauges are Yamaha digital gauges that came on the boat, part number not known since I can't see the back of the gauges and pulling my dash anymore than 3" away from the console is impossible with out disconnecting everything.
Any recommendations?
Last year I ran my boat maybe 6 times since I was out of state or just to busy to do anything with it. At the on set of this year I took it out and when trying to go WOT it would sputter and drop to about 3200 RPM until I throttled down to about 3/4 where I could get it to hold at 3800 RPM. Took to the forums and found lots of things to check, which i did. Replaced water pump, found oil level sensor wasn't hooked up on the motor, fuel filter was mucked up, fuel pump was fine, installed fuel/water separator, drained/cleaned fuel tank of bad fuel. Also had a bad livewell impeller, bilge pump switch and some other electrical issues that have all been resolved.
Here's the only remaining issues, with out running the motor my gauges are showing a water temp alarm, thermo-switches checked out good. Also, my fuel gauge reads empty unless I have a completely full tank, fuel sender is within specs and corroded/bad connections have been replaced since there was one that was completely corroded. I have eliminated almost every thing I can possibly think of except for the gauges for these two issues. The gauges are Yamaha digital gauges that came on the boat, part number not known since I can't see the back of the gauges and pulling my dash anymore than 3" away from the console is impossible with out disconnecting everything.
Any recommendations?
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