Worked on the boat today, a 22 foot Lowe Deckboat with a 88 SPL on it.<br />Had some oilly discharge from what I later found out is unburnt fuel in the cowling.<br />I had noticed some seepage from the engine when the motor is in the up position from the trim.'<br />It was'nt much but warranted a look under the cowling.<br />I had the cover off and was poking around when I grounded a ratched against the power post on the engine.<br />A "small" puff of smoke was produced in the micro second the ratched was grounded. <br />I checked the ignition switch, nothing....<br />/the guages didnt turn on and the warning buzzer didnt gime me the sound it makes when I turn the ignition key on.<br />Ok, There has to be a fuse somewhere that is blown.<br />I check all fuses with a circuit tester, check the push in breakers on the dash. I get the manual I bought to trouble shoot the problem.<br />Hummm, nothing really in it for non-starting problems like this.<br />I check in the console, looking at all connections and checking circuits with a circuit tester. Hummm, I have power here....<br />I check the power post connector thing on the engine, I have power there.<br />Ok, I read the manual and in my exhausted state, been up since 0130 in the morning after a few hours of sleep, I deduce that a major component must be damaged.<br />I hook the trailer up the the truck and take the boat to a shop I use around the corner from my house, maybe 1/4 mile away.<br />Brian and his wife are from England and have treated me well in the past.<br />I explain my problem to Brian, we pop the cover off, and he finds a itty bitty fuse, 30 amp, 32 volt opposite of where I grounded the hot post in a batch of wires is blown.<br />Brian replaces the fuse and I'm on my way.<br />He also tells me the oilly discharge at the base of the engine is unburnt fuel, no biggy unless I absolutely have to have it fixed. The discharge isnt much at all.<br />Like I said, Live and Learn or in my case, Ignorance is Bliss.
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