unlvrebel
New Member
Hi everyone,
I'm new to the forum so please bear with me. After searching the posts I was unable to come up with anything that might help me so I thought I would throw this out to the experts before I take my boat in to the stealership.
I have a 2005 220 Sundeck. No mods, just stock from the factory. Mercruiser 5.0 with Bravo outdrives. Nothing fancy. Anyway, while out on the water Easter Sunday I received a random "Check Engine" alarm. Engine temp,oil pressure and electrical were perfect. Not hot and not excited. Even cycling through the digital readout showed those three systems to be "OK".
Two plus hours before we had run aground at about 20 MPH :smt021. Nothing too shallow, probably 24-30 inches of water. Enough to drag the bottom to stop us but not stall the engine. I immediately backed off the throttle and put the trim up. Then got out of the boat and pushed it to deeper water and continued on. No problems. We docked the boat at Caledesi State Park for a while. We then proceeded on our one to one and a half hours of trip back. Right at the end of the trip the alarm went off. We were ten minutes from the ramp so we continued on. The boat ran fine. Also, at home, the engine restarted without issue to flush, except the alarm.
Since I am a marine mechanic neophyte, do these engines have the same types of electrical sensors (oxygen, etc.) as standard auto engines? If so, how do you test the sensors? Is there a device to read the "codes"
Sorry for being so vague, but I don't have much else to go on. Anyone else run into a check engine alarm that did not result in an issue from the cooling or oil systems?
Thanks!
John
I'm new to the forum so please bear with me. After searching the posts I was unable to come up with anything that might help me so I thought I would throw this out to the experts before I take my boat in to the stealership.
I have a 2005 220 Sundeck. No mods, just stock from the factory. Mercruiser 5.0 with Bravo outdrives. Nothing fancy. Anyway, while out on the water Easter Sunday I received a random "Check Engine" alarm. Engine temp,oil pressure and electrical were perfect. Not hot and not excited. Even cycling through the digital readout showed those three systems to be "OK".
Two plus hours before we had run aground at about 20 MPH :smt021. Nothing too shallow, probably 24-30 inches of water. Enough to drag the bottom to stop us but not stall the engine. I immediately backed off the throttle and put the trim up. Then got out of the boat and pushed it to deeper water and continued on. No problems. We docked the boat at Caledesi State Park for a while. We then proceeded on our one to one and a half hours of trip back. Right at the end of the trip the alarm went off. We were ten minutes from the ramp so we continued on. The boat ran fine. Also, at home, the engine restarted without issue to flush, except the alarm.
Since I am a marine mechanic neophyte, do these engines have the same types of electrical sensors (oxygen, etc.) as standard auto engines? If so, how do you test the sensors? Is there a device to read the "codes"
Sorry for being so vague, but I don't have much else to go on. Anyone else run into a check engine alarm that did not result in an issue from the cooling or oil systems?
Thanks!
John