billc_sbio
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O.k., here's my problem...I have a '91 115 hp Merc 2 Stroke with very low hours on it.
On my most recent outting, we were out fishing and on the anchor, shut down.
We hooked fish, two times, and dropped back downriver with them, fired up the big motor to come back upriver to get back on the hook. Each time, no problem with the motor or any alarms.
Then, while hanging on the hook I reached over and toggled the motor trim/lift switch (which I rarely ever use do to the fact that the motor is jet pump equipped and it never needs to be moved). Probably due to non-use/dirty contacts, the motor didn't budge, the solenoid/s just "clicked".
Then, upon firing up the big motor to return to the launch, the Oil Alarm Horn went off and sounded beeping continously.
I don't think there's a "real" (oiling/delivery) problem as the Oil Tank's full. However I shut down the motor and used the kicker to return to the launch.
I believe that by toggling the Motor Trim Switch I initiated this Alarm or even possibly "popped" something electrical, which caused this to happen.
I was going to buy one of the common Mercury O.B. Repair Manuals to help troubleshoot this, but while reading reader's reviews on a major one, one of the reviewers stated he had an almost identical problem and the manual didn't address the issue in enough detail to effect a repair or troubleshoot. He said he resolved it by going to online forums, so here I am.
Is there anyway to "Reset" this alarm?
In lieu of that what methods must be used to Troubleshoot for my problem?
Again, I think the actual problem is just the Alarm (sensor) itself.
Thanks,
Bill C.
On my most recent outting, we were out fishing and on the anchor, shut down.
We hooked fish, two times, and dropped back downriver with them, fired up the big motor to come back upriver to get back on the hook. Each time, no problem with the motor or any alarms.
Then, while hanging on the hook I reached over and toggled the motor trim/lift switch (which I rarely ever use do to the fact that the motor is jet pump equipped and it never needs to be moved). Probably due to non-use/dirty contacts, the motor didn't budge, the solenoid/s just "clicked".
Then, upon firing up the big motor to return to the launch, the Oil Alarm Horn went off and sounded beeping continously.
I don't think there's a "real" (oiling/delivery) problem as the Oil Tank's full. However I shut down the motor and used the kicker to return to the launch.
I believe that by toggling the Motor Trim Switch I initiated this Alarm or even possibly "popped" something electrical, which caused this to happen.
I was going to buy one of the common Mercury O.B. Repair Manuals to help troubleshoot this, but while reading reader's reviews on a major one, one of the reviewers stated he had an almost identical problem and the manual didn't address the issue in enough detail to effect a repair or troubleshoot. He said he resolved it by going to online forums, so here I am.
Is there anyway to "Reset" this alarm?
In lieu of that what methods must be used to Troubleshoot for my problem?
Again, I think the actual problem is just the Alarm (sensor) itself.
Thanks,
Bill C.
of things regarding your 115 HP.