hd2002hd
Member
- Jul 20, 2010
- 457
- Boat Info
- 1996-Sea Ray 215 Express Cruiser/1996-Sea Ray 330 Sundancer/1998-Sea Ray 400 Sundancer/1996-Sea Rayd
- Engines
- 5.7 Mercruiser/454's/454's w/V drive/120HP
I have a 1998 400 Sea Ray w/EFI. I fired up last night to go to dinner and the starboard engine did not immediately fire off as it normally does. I tried it again and it cranked for a few seconds and started. We proceeded to dinner without any further incident. However, when we went down to the dock after eating, the starboard engine again would not start. It would crank just fine, but never fire. After several minutes of light troubleshooting and no luck, we proceeded back to the marina on port engine only. Luckily it was a very calm night and we were able to get in the slip with little issue. Today, I tore into the issue deeper. First I checked the fuel pump. It came on and pressured up just fine. I then used the multi meter to test so ignition points to make sure there was power where I thought it should be and there was. The marina mechanics were busy, but I was able to pick their brains a bit. The first thing they had me try was to pull a plug and see if it fired and it did not. They had a spare coil they said was good that they let me borrow and I tried it and nothing. They recommended changing out the module inside the distributor. I pulled the cap and changed out the module and still nothing. I did note that there was a bit of corrosion inside the distributor on the contact points as well as the rotor. I cleaned this up as well. This is where I am now. The motor cranks over just fine, just no spark in the plugs. Does anyone have any other suggestions of what to look, check or replace. Oh, on another note not related to the issue directly. While traveling back slowly on the port, as I pulled into the cove I could see a boat over near the breakwall travelling from my port to starboard maybe 150 yards away. He turned his lights off so I assumed a water patrol. I was diligently looking for the boat but I could not see with the darkness (cloudy). As I pointed to the opening into the marine the mystery boats flipped on his nav lights and he was maybe 20' off my bow travel at an angle, but still port to starboard. It was performance boat. No idea why he did that, but we were close to making some contact. Scared the crap out of me. Trying to maneuver to avoid a collision with one engine was not fun.