dfish77777
Cadet
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- Dec 29, 2003
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- 21
Just wanted to update my issue, may get a little long winded, but I hope it might help somebody. I had an intermittent check engine light on a '97 ocean pro 150hp carbed engine. I decided since I have no vacuum gauge and the VRO is 7 years old, I'd go ahead and change it out since my main use is off shore. So I changed it, ran the engine, all seemed great. Took it out and all went well for a short time. Soon the intermittent alarm and light were back. So I broke down and bought the vacuum gauge, tee fittings, etc. I hooked them up tonight and was sitting on @ 2" of vacuum on the fuel inlet, very easy test, wish I had done it before, and sure enough, the horn and light came in. I wiggled wires, etc, didn't seem to make any correlation. Then for the heck of it I tapped the gauge on the dash. Bingo, light on, tap, tap, light off, I amussed myself with this for awhile, on, off, on off, etc. etc. I pulled the connector, everything looks normal, plugged it back in real tight, and tap, tap, nothing. 99.99% sure the problem was in my gauge connector, or the gauge itself. As I pounded off of swells, the alarm would intermittently go, or maybe just vibration. If all else fails, check that gauge. Many hours and a new VRO later, I think I have solved the problem, hope this helps someone else.<br /> Don T 