DriverMP
New Member
- Apr 7, 2010
- 3
- Boat Info
- 290 Sundancer 2008
- Engines
- 2 x 5.0L 260 hp Mercruiser w/o Bravo III Drives
Hi Everyone,
My wife and I are relatively new to boating and have just bought a 2008 290 Sundancer (31" with twin mercruiser MPI Bravo III drives). Frustratingly we seem to be having problems with the PSI warning on the smartcraft system.
The first time we had a faulty sensor on the starboard engine (which we had to replace), and now we have exactly the same problem (which I suspect again is the sensor) on the port engine. All the engine oil fluid levels are good (engine oil, gear lube etc) and the engines only have 85 hours on them anyway !
Looking on various forums, this seems to be an on-going issue with the MPI drives, and apart from continuously and regularly replacing the sensors and checking the impellers (and potentially replacing every 2 years) I am looking for any ideas of how to manage this. The smartcraft system is great, but when I was younger, you just checked the fluids and the coolant and went !
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Matthew
P.S Also posted this in the sub forum for sports cruisers
My wife and I are relatively new to boating and have just bought a 2008 290 Sundancer (31" with twin mercruiser MPI Bravo III drives). Frustratingly we seem to be having problems with the PSI warning on the smartcraft system.
The first time we had a faulty sensor on the starboard engine (which we had to replace), and now we have exactly the same problem (which I suspect again is the sensor) on the port engine. All the engine oil fluid levels are good (engine oil, gear lube etc) and the engines only have 85 hours on them anyway !
Looking on various forums, this seems to be an on-going issue with the MPI drives, and apart from continuously and regularly replacing the sensors and checking the impellers (and potentially replacing every 2 years) I am looking for any ideas of how to manage this. The smartcraft system is great, but when I was younger, you just checked the fluids and the coolant and went !
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Matthew
P.S Also posted this in the sub forum for sports cruisers