frozenokie
Petty Officer 1st Class
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- Feb 4, 2008
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Bought a 2007 Tahoe 195 OB boat with an 07 115 Optimax and it came with a problem or probems.
First, I took it to the lake and found that the RPMs went upwards to 7000!!! YIKES!!! I get home and find that the prop hub was slipping. During the time on the lake, I didn't a warning until I was way across the lake. First started as a 4 beep every two minutes, then it limited my RPM to around 3000, then it gave me a continuous beep followed by a 4 beep warning and limited me to idle.
I take her home to start diagnosing. My first step was draining the fuel bowl/filter to check for water in the fuel - which there was no indication of water. With water supplied, I start it and wait........I get no warning horn until I start to give a little throttle, then it immediately sounds a continuous warning horn, then goes right into a 4 beep warning every two minutes a couple different times, then it goes away until I throttle it again.
Oil tank full, noticeably burning oil, just installed brand new impeller so water is nice and cool and lots of pressure coming out of the water jet. No issues starting or running while in idle.
Going to ground the oil switch circuit tonight to observe if the beeping goes away since I've had two licensed mechanics advise that since they are finding many problems with the oil switch or sensor.
Can someone point me in the right direction as far as possible faulty sensors or problems??
First, I took it to the lake and found that the RPMs went upwards to 7000!!! YIKES!!! I get home and find that the prop hub was slipping. During the time on the lake, I didn't a warning until I was way across the lake. First started as a 4 beep every two minutes, then it limited my RPM to around 3000, then it gave me a continuous beep followed by a 4 beep warning and limited me to idle.
I take her home to start diagnosing. My first step was draining the fuel bowl/filter to check for water in the fuel - which there was no indication of water. With water supplied, I start it and wait........I get no warning horn until I start to give a little throttle, then it immediately sounds a continuous warning horn, then goes right into a 4 beep warning every two minutes a couple different times, then it goes away until I throttle it again.
Oil tank full, noticeably burning oil, just installed brand new impeller so water is nice and cool and lots of pressure coming out of the water jet. No issues starting or running while in idle.
Going to ground the oil switch circuit tonight to observe if the beeping goes away since I've had two licensed mechanics advise that since they are finding many problems with the oil switch or sensor.
Can someone point me in the right direction as far as possible faulty sensors or problems??