Yes valid point, there will always be a possibility that straight gas unthoughtfully put in.
As I said, you could put a little two stroke oil in the main tank, press the little switch to see whether oil is transferring, but check there is an oil line going from one tank to the other. If it does transfer then you need to confirm the engine oil pump works by running the engine and removing a hose from it to see if oil pumps out. This obviously will be a very small stream.
At that point if that test fails, your pump and as Yam44 said, possibly the drive gear is damaged. At that point I would remove pump and check for the physically obvious.
If you think oil is coming out, without the sensor assembly, you will find it difficult to fault find further, as there is the alarm and limp mode consequences. Not essential but handy to have that system working also. With a new sensor module, of course you can assume the system will then work.
You can always have a half measure, that is, if your pumps work, you manually transfer (via switch or even physically) periodically fill the engine oil tank. You will get some distance between fills but you need to monitor it. I had a 115 where the oil system failed. It never stopped pumping oil to the point the engine could hardly run from the oil diverted into the throats of the carbys . A short term measure was to electrically isolate the system to stop the pump from continuously running, so I could use the boat. I never fixed the system it was not that inconvenient to press that switch now and again (went with flushing maintenance, or refuelling times).
Or if you don't want to mess with oil at this stage, I would go straight to the engine mechanical oil pump and pull it to ascertain whether it is OK, and then if needed, whether the costs of it and the missing sensor are worth it.
As I said, you could put a little two stroke oil in the main tank, press the little switch to see whether oil is transferring, but check there is an oil line going from one tank to the other. If it does transfer then you need to confirm the engine oil pump works by running the engine and removing a hose from it to see if oil pumps out. This obviously will be a very small stream.
At that point if that test fails, your pump and as Yam44 said, possibly the drive gear is damaged. At that point I would remove pump and check for the physically obvious.
If you think oil is coming out, without the sensor assembly, you will find it difficult to fault find further, as there is the alarm and limp mode consequences. Not essential but handy to have that system working also. With a new sensor module, of course you can assume the system will then work.
You can always have a half measure, that is, if your pumps work, you manually transfer (via switch or even physically) periodically fill the engine oil tank. You will get some distance between fills but you need to monitor it. I had a 115 where the oil system failed. It never stopped pumping oil to the point the engine could hardly run from the oil diverted into the throats of the carbys . A short term measure was to electrically isolate the system to stop the pump from continuously running, so I could use the boat. I never fixed the system it was not that inconvenient to press that switch now and again (went with flushing maintenance, or refuelling times).
Or if you don't want to mess with oil at this stage, I would go straight to the engine mechanical oil pump and pull it to ascertain whether it is OK, and then if needed, whether the costs of it and the missing sensor are worth it.
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