Alarm warning

[ditchdigger1]

I have a 89 Johnson that has a complete overhaul which I have run two tanks of gas through at double mix. I filled the tank today with a 1 1/2 mix and after I ran it for a few minutes it sounded an alarm. The alarm was a short beep of about a second long with several minutes in between beeps. I only ran it for about 1/4 mile and it beeped two times so I shut it down. What whould this alarm be?

 

[papasmurf]

Re: Alarm warning

Do you still have the remote oil tank connected? The alarm might be the low oil warning sensor, but that alarm should sound once every 20-30 secs.

 

[ob15]

Re: Alarm warning

It could be the oil tank. Are you still using it or do you premix all your fuel? What did the overhaul consist off? Sound like a new/rebuilt powerhead.

 

[Dhadley]

Re: Alarm warning

What motor do you have?

 

[ditchdigger1]

Re: Alarm warning

The model is J175STLCEB ( 89 Johnson 175 ). I don't have a VRO oil tank so I premix. When I bought the boat the motor ran fine but I found out a month later that the rings were stuck and one was broke. After I found this out I had all the cylinders bored 20 over and had everything replaced new including all the bearings. Then I ran one tank through at double mix at 1/2 throttle, one tank through at double mix at 3/4 throttle and, started one tank through at 1 1/2 mix to complete the breakin period. I had just started the third tank when the alarm started. I had a wiring harness problem with the gauge lights so I wired them to come on with the ignition without a fuse. The ignition had two wires coming out. One went to the tach and the other one I wired to the instruments. Whould the wiring cause this problem? The alarm started after the wiring was redone.

 

[Silvertip]

Re: Alarm warning

If the VRO pump is still installed, disconnect its harness. You will still have the over temp alarm. Intermittent beeps is the low oil/no oil alarm.

 

[Silvertip]

Re: Alarm warning

Also make sure the oil line connection at the motor is plugged.

 

[ezeke]

Re: Alarm warning

What color was the wire that you connected to the gauge lights?

 

[ezeke]

Re: Alarm warning

 

[ditchdigger1]

Re: Alarm warning

The oil lines are plugged and the oil tank wires are disconnected. I will have to check the wire colors in a manual or online somewhere since the previous owner had already tryed ot rewire by splicing different colors. The ignition had two wires coming out under the key. I know one wire went to the tach, which was white in this case. The other wire was purple, where should it go?