Hello everybody. I've recently bought a 1996 Champion bassboat with a 200 Mariner EFI. The boat has only been in the water 15 times, so the engine is fairly new. I've looked over the motor pretty well and just have a few statements about this engine I would like to elaborate on.<br />1. No warning if oil pump is not putting out ENOUGH oil. WHY IS THAT? According to the Clymer manual there are only three times when BEEP, BEEP, BEEP....... will sound.<br /> - When sensor senses that the plastic oil gear is chewed off crankshaft, resulting in no oil pump discharge. That is a good warning.<br /> - When the fuel /water seperator needs to be serviced. That is a good warning.<br /> - When oil capacity is low in oil tanks.<br /> That too is a good warning.<br /><br />NO WARNING IF OIL PUMP IS NOT PUTTING OUT ENOUGH OIL. (SCAAAAARRRRRRRRY)<br /> I would assume the only warning I would have is Temperature (Solid Beep) because motor would overheat without proper oil CC's output.<br /><br />I went and bought CC's measuring container and performed output test. (3 minutes @ 1500 rpms) Manual says 200 EFI should put out 7.4-9ccs but mine only puts out 5 ccs. I did the test 5 times and got the same results every time. The oil pump arm is lined up exactly with mark on the pump itself and sync and linc is correct. I performed the same test on my buddys' Mercury 150 EFI and got same results (5ccs.) The manual says for a 150 EFI it should put out 6.1-7.5ccs. This output test is on page 746 in the Clymer manual. Well after performing this test I adjusted the pump arm where it pumps just a little over 6ccs. The mark on the arm is just barely below the mark on the pump itself. Performed the test several times and got the same results (6ccs). This is what I mean about NO Warning if oil output is low. <br /> _ Now I have a question about oil dischage bleeding. The line from oil pump to the Vapor Seperator Tank (VST). The manual says to IDLE motor and unhook the oil arm and manually turn pump arm to the wide open position to give it more oil(Which would be at a 50/1 ratio) to speed up the bleeding process. I can see the oil pumping into the discharge line but it doesn't seem to be filling the line all the way up with oil. I would say that 3/4 of the line is filled with oil but that is all it will fill it up with. The oil is still pumping good but just will not fill the last 1/4 up. There is about a 2" empty space below the oil pump and the rest of the line is filled with oil. I know that it is getting oil because of all the smoke. It is idling at 800 rpms. The question I have: Is this normal or should the whole discharge line be full of oil.
