Recent content by skiprima

2006,340 DA, bravo iii, 8.1 engines with system view and Raymarine chartplotter Does anyone know where the sea water temperature sensor is located that is part of the system view? With chartplotter on, the sea temp reads out on the system view. With the chartplotter off I get a very...

i just had my sending units replaced in the lower units. If you pull the lower units, you might as well change your bellows out now, if you haven't had them done yet. I was getting a port 131, trim circuit low, error on the smartcraft. My smartcraft went dead on one side from the sending unit...

Found the problem, definitively, today. I had the mechanic at the boat working on a smartcraft issue; a problem we hope is entirely independent of the water in the cylinder issue. While poking around under the dash, he reached around and tried to start the port engine. Immediately, we could...

no definitive answer to problem The mechanic felt the resistance on the engine and determined more water was still in the cylinders. He repulled the plugs and then cranked the engine, something I was wary of doing. He had warned me of cranking the engine without the plug wires being grounded...

No update yet on problem. The boat was taken out today and the Mercury Mechanic, who promised that he would come down immediately when the boat was out, now tells us he cannot look at the boat until the 11th of July.

Thanks to everyone for their replies. The boat will come out of the water on Thursday. By Friday I should have an answer and will post what the marine mechanic finds out.

Thanks everyone for the replies. I have taken the plugs out and sprayed the pistons since the incident. I should know something by Friday when a marine mechanic looks at it. We were pulling the lower units anyhow for maintenance, so the first step will be to pull the troubled engine drive and...

Pulled the plugs today and did find water in a couple of the cylinders. Turned the motor by hand and felt what seemed like a lot of resistance. I had the serpentine belt off and the motor turned hard compared to the other engine, with everything on it. That engine turned easily. I am not...

yes, it was a plastic gear in the starter that broke; twice.

496, Bravo 3 outdrives. Had the lower unit gears replaced this spring. Boat used appox. 6 hours since the work was performed. After a short 1 hour ride, and then a break for dinner, the port engine would not start. The starter was making a high pitched whirring sound. Pulled the starter and...

Lower units taken off last fall and put on this week. Prior to removal was able to trim both lower units up and down but kept receiving and error message on Smartcraft: Port Fault 131, Trim Ckt Lo. Boat has not been in water yet but we are told that neither lower unit responds to the...

when plugged into shore power, do the solenoids need to be left in the on position to charge the batterys or would having the ac converter switch "on" accomplish the same result? can the solenoids be damaged by being left on continually? When we purchased the boat, the dealer said to just...

Sorry about that. My boat is a 2006, 340 Sundancer. 8.1's with bravo iii drives.

Does anyone know what the alarm message "Port fault 131, trim ckt lo" means? Our manual doesn't offer much help to locate the source. All fluid levels are full. The error seems to come up more when cruising, than when at idle speed. Clearing the alarms doesn't get rid of the problem. It...

As far as I can tell, the smartcraft settings are all correct. What do you mean by switching the tanks? Is there a way to go into the smartcraft system and re-label the tanks? I couldn't find it if there is?