SeadawgVB
Active Member
Went on a test ride today on the 2003 360DA we are buying. Survey is Thursday. Great short ride until we get an engine alarm. Was running about 3000 rpm, tabs down, 5 people on board with 1/2 tank of fuel. The alarm was an "Engine Limit Alarm" on the port engine. Dropping the RPM and the alarm goes away. The Smartcraft SC5000 display is barely readable so while we could see the large alarm digits, there was no way to go to a screen to see any detail.
Two questions, 1) any guess on the possible causes for the alarm, 2) Can the Smartcraft display be upgraded to Vessel View with just a display change?
Thanks, a little nervous now about the engine issue. Boat has been meticulously maintained and and was just in the yard for a month for new bottom paint, shaft seals, shaft laser alignment and prop tuning. Current owner said he ran it at wide open throttle on the way back from the yard to see how it ran with tuned props and he had no issues. Since then he has changed manifolds and done oil changes but not run the boat.
My '03 has the VesselView on it, it gives tons of more info than the Sea Ray systems monitor. People are now beginning to install "Vessel View Mobile" to connect to your phone or tablet. It supposedly provides even more engine data at your fingertips.
Here's a thread about updating the Systems View to VesselView:
http://www.clubsearay.com/index.php...stallation-swap-out-system-view-sc5000.55329/