Andrewkomc
Cadet
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- Apr 26, 2011
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Hello, I am new to boating but have played with cars and bikes for years
Sorry for my spelling
Bought a 1992 Forester Diva OMC Cobra GM 4.3L V6
Took the boat out on water first time all was ok exept RPM guage was all over the place(mostly higher than the actual rpm but Did Not drop all the way down to 0), and couple other erelevant things, than finaly when i took the boat out second time on water the RPM guage got stuck at highest point.
The third time i had the boat out already with a stuck RPM guage, after riding around for couple hours almost at full throttle it died on me so i started checking things.......
2AMP Acc Fuse blew(replaced), Battery OK, No spark at spark plugs, took the wire that goes from coil to center of distributor cap placed it near ground crank the engine no spark, 12v going to the +side on coil and the neg side of coil also had a + ~4V
tried a new coil still no spark :facepalm:
Luckly there was a boater with a bigger boat passing by that gave me a tow back to marina. Thanks again!
There is a very very small spark if i place the the cap end of wire from coil really close to ground and cranck the engine, and one more thing im not shore if this is relevant but i did have a 25A constant load on the battery when the boat was running and because of that there was a 50A fuse that would trip while boating so the boat ran a number of times just of the alternator til i had time to stop and reset the fuse
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thank you for your interest
Sorry for my spelling
Bought a 1992 Forester Diva OMC Cobra GM 4.3L V6
Took the boat out on water first time all was ok exept RPM guage was all over the place(mostly higher than the actual rpm but Did Not drop all the way down to 0), and couple other erelevant things, than finaly when i took the boat out second time on water the RPM guage got stuck at highest point.
The third time i had the boat out already with a stuck RPM guage, after riding around for couple hours almost at full throttle it died on me so i started checking things.......
2AMP Acc Fuse blew(replaced), Battery OK, No spark at spark plugs, took the wire that goes from coil to center of distributor cap placed it near ground crank the engine no spark, 12v going to the +side on coil and the neg side of coil also had a + ~4V
tried a new coil still no spark :facepalm:Luckly there was a boater with a bigger boat passing by that gave me a tow back to marina. Thanks again!
There is a very very small spark if i place the the cap end of wire from coil really close to ground and cranck the engine, and one more thing im not shore if this is relevant but i did have a 25A constant load on the battery when the boat was running and because of that there was a 50A fuse that would trip while boating so the boat ran a number of times just of the alternator til i had time to stop and reset the fuse
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thank you for your interest
