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Last weekend we had a taste of spring so I took the boat out. My port engine didn't warm up nearly as fast as the starboard engine. So I used my handy smart craft gauges to see the water pressure - to my surprise the cooler engine had the lower pressure. I usually think the worst so I just...

First, the boat is a 2005 280 Sundancer with the 4.3. I’m having a very hard time finding this issue. About every 2 or 3 times taking the boat out, after anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes of running I get a Check Engine alarm. This is not a normal alarm of 2 bps every minute , this is a 1 beep per...

Its now happened 3 times, all after the engine has run for 15 min or more. All the sudden I get a "check engine" with the single beep per sec (not the normal 2 beep per sec of IAC). The boat is a 2005 280 dancer with twin 4.3's. When the beep happens I check all the critical stuff, oil...

This has happened twice to me now. I take the boat for a good cruise - all's well. Then After a while of sitting, I get ready to return and I get a single beep alarm ever second (maybe more often - but its a single beep at a time. Not the normal 2 beep of IAC). I get the beep even before I start...

I have a 280DA with the 4.3's with only 200hrs. I just noticed oil under one of the engines. I cleaned it all up and ran again - more oil. Only about 10 drops - but still, 200 hours?? The oil is at the front of the engine - I can't tell if it's a front seal or oil pan gasket - are there any...

Getting Smartcraft "Check Engine" Alarm My 2005 280DA has the SmartCraft gauges and I'm getting a "Check Engine" alram. I was running with all going well, but as I was at idle speed I got a Check engine alarm and a few seconds later the engine shut down. I was able to get the boat in the slip...

I need to refinish the dinette table in my 280DA. My question is, does anyone know the stain color. I've sanded some on the bottom of the table to try to match the stain color, but this is tougher than I thought.

My refrigerator died today (see the thread). I pulled it out and checked voltages and then I ohm'ed the compressor windings – bad news. The compressor winding are open. So I need a new Norcold DE0051 and would like to find a reasonable price. By the way – I think I know how I killed it – I think...

I just got back from my boat and found that my refrigerator was dead. It’s a Norcold. The green light on the front was on. I could NOT hear the compressor trying to come on with either 12V or 120V. I’m about to slide it out, is there a breaker, fuse, fusible link or anything that could be wrong.

I've been having this issue on my boat. After running and then stopping to sit, sometimes when the boat starts (or tries to) and won't run over 300RPMs - and then it dies. In the past, it happened on both engines - this time just the port side. I sat for a good 2 hours today - but it was 97. The...

I posted this on the 280 thread but thought it's more a generic issue and I could get more reponses here. Here's what's happening. Boat wouldn't start on the lake. After cruising around on the lake we decided to stop and float a bit and watch the sunset. After the sun went down I tried to...