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#422819 - 07/19/08 05:03 PM gauges crazy
BillD62 Offline
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Registered: 01/08/08
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Loc: Fox lake Illinois
I went to start boat today , started and runs great but my oil press gauge and trim gauge are stuck all the way maxed out . Any Ideas ??

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#422825 - 07/19/08 06:01 PM Re: gauges crazy [Re: BillD62]
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my idea is that the leads to the sensors of those 2 gauges have become broken. The trim sensor will be on the outdrive. The wires usually fray & break. You will have to track down the oil pressure wire. Take a look behind the instrument panel to see the oil pressure guage sender wire. Note the color/stripe and trace that into the engine compartment. It may have become disconnected at the gauge, or in the engine compartment.

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#422831 - 07/19/08 07:29 PM Re: gauges crazy [Re: tpenfield]
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If it happened to more than one gauge simultaneously, I'd suspect a ground.
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#422836 - 07/19/08 08:23 PM Re: gauges crazy [Re: Al]
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+1

If you look at the back of the gauges you will see that the ground as well as the power wires run from gauge to gauge.

I had a trim gauge vibrate loose on a rough road on my last boat, and when it broke it took out another gauge's ground as well.

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#422902 - 07/20/08 09:55 AM Re: gauges crazy [Re: trooplewis]
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Yep, confirm proper grounds to each gauge first. 2 simultaneous sensor wires breaking, not impossible but highly improbable.
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