Chris Mayleben
New Member
- Aug 19, 2018
- 2
- Boat Info
- 1999 Sea Ray 190 BR w/ 5.0 V8 (2BBL)
- Engines
- 5.0 L V8 (2BBL)
Hi All,
First post here. Just want to say thanks in advance for the support!
Just bought my first boat earlier this year (however I grew up with boats in my family, so I'm not a complete novice). It is a 1999 SR 190 BR with 5.0 V8 (2 BBL).
I have been having issues with my boat not wanting to start up unless I give it a lot of throttle (cold starts, but also when warm after finishing up a skiing session). One of the items I have been looking at is the electric choke. I started the boat once with the air filter off so I could see if the choke worked. It didn't do anything (stayed wide open). I then took the purple/ yellow wire off the terminal, placed the key in start position, and checked for 12V with a volt meter. With the key in the on position, there is no power to the choke.
Using some wiring diagrams found via google, it seems that the choke should be wired directly to the alternator. However when I follow the purple/ yellow wire from the choke it seems to go into a bundle of wires, then later pops back out where it feeds into a connector which eventually ends up at the fuel pump???
I am very confused as to how this should be wired, and how to trace that purple/ yellow wire back to the 12v source.
Thanks in advance for the help!
Happy boating!
Chris
First post here. Just want to say thanks in advance for the support!
Just bought my first boat earlier this year (however I grew up with boats in my family, so I'm not a complete novice). It is a 1999 SR 190 BR with 5.0 V8 (2 BBL).
I have been having issues with my boat not wanting to start up unless I give it a lot of throttle (cold starts, but also when warm after finishing up a skiing session). One of the items I have been looking at is the electric choke. I started the boat once with the air filter off so I could see if the choke worked. It didn't do anything (stayed wide open). I then took the purple/ yellow wire off the terminal, placed the key in start position, and checked for 12V with a volt meter. With the key in the on position, there is no power to the choke.
Using some wiring diagrams found via google, it seems that the choke should be wired directly to the alternator. However when I follow the purple/ yellow wire from the choke it seems to go into a bundle of wires, then later pops back out where it feeds into a connector which eventually ends up at the fuel pump???
I am very confused as to how this should be wired, and how to trace that purple/ yellow wire back to the 12v source.
Thanks in advance for the help!
Happy boating!
Chris