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I have searched through these threads quite a bit, and in fear not knowing if my issue has been discussed I would like to ask a question.
93 Yamaha Pro V 150 (150TLRR). A couple mths back my oil buzzer was going off in the middle of the river, I yanked the cover off the motor and realized I had little to no oil in the engine mounted tank. Took the boat home and the remote oil tank pump was not pumping oil. I ordered a new pump, and installed to only have the same problem. Turns out the small inline filter/strainer was the issue, I replaced it and it pumps like a charm.
Now I have an entirely other problem. For whatever reason seemingly off and on the remote oil pump is continuing to pump oil into the side mounted tank even when past the point it would normally turn off. So it is flooding the motor compartment and the motor itself with oil. When it does this I can remove the cover and see oil has leaked from around the sensor cap and gone everywhere. It smokes like crazy and the engine runs terrible when it happens which is not a surprise.
Does this seem to be the oil level sensor itself malfunctioning? This motor came with digital gauges. I have never seen the indicator for the oil change regardless of the tank being empty, half, or full..I am not sure how much these gauges directly tie into the motor performance itself, and I am trying not to over think the problem. I am not a person with alot of money to throw into a motor, but I am definitely not going to continue to run this motor while this is happening. It just seems odd that this problem has snowballed since the first issue of a bad inline filter/strainer. The Yamaha has been the best and most reliable motor I have ever owned up until now.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, and I apologize if this is something that was already directly covered I just could not find it. Thanks to anyone that can help me out.
93 Yamaha Pro V 150 (150TLRR). A couple mths back my oil buzzer was going off in the middle of the river, I yanked the cover off the motor and realized I had little to no oil in the engine mounted tank. Took the boat home and the remote oil tank pump was not pumping oil. I ordered a new pump, and installed to only have the same problem. Turns out the small inline filter/strainer was the issue, I replaced it and it pumps like a charm.
Now I have an entirely other problem. For whatever reason seemingly off and on the remote oil pump is continuing to pump oil into the side mounted tank even when past the point it would normally turn off. So it is flooding the motor compartment and the motor itself with oil. When it does this I can remove the cover and see oil has leaked from around the sensor cap and gone everywhere. It smokes like crazy and the engine runs terrible when it happens which is not a surprise.
Does this seem to be the oil level sensor itself malfunctioning? This motor came with digital gauges. I have never seen the indicator for the oil change regardless of the tank being empty, half, or full..I am not sure how much these gauges directly tie into the motor performance itself, and I am trying not to over think the problem. I am not a person with alot of money to throw into a motor, but I am definitely not going to continue to run this motor while this is happening. It just seems odd that this problem has snowballed since the first issue of a bad inline filter/strainer. The Yamaha has been the best and most reliable motor I have ever owned up until now.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, and I apologize if this is something that was already directly covered I just could not find it. Thanks to anyone that can help me out.
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