115 Yamaha Problem????

[hoggs222]

I've got a 115 Yamaha on a 2000 Lund 1700 Adventure. For the past few years the warning lights on the dash come on & the buzzer goes crazy when you hit 3000 rpm's & makes the engine choke out. This past weekend it wouldn't even click when you turn the key (we were also about 7 miles from the launch on Mille Lacs). Lately the dash guages (speedomoter, trim guage, etc.) have been going crazy also. Trim on the motor doesn't even work. Could this be a short somewhere? We've taken it in 2 times for the same problem & one person told us we didn't have oil in the boat (which we did) & the other said it was an oil sensor. Same problems now. Any suggestions out there?

[cliffy]

have you checked the fuses on the motor? My father had the same problem last summer on his 115 yamaha and it turned out to be a blown fuse on the motor. The first sign of trouble was the loss of gauges and trim. Once he shut it down...it would not start or trim. He didnt have the buzzer problem... Relplaced fuse and all was good.

[cd3]

you mentioned when u had the troubles startting your motor that it wouldnt even click to start,, i have the same yamm 115 motor,,no other troubles at all with it except when i go to start i turm my key,,nothing,,if i hold my key is the start position it will finally turn over,,very fresh and charged battery,checked all connections good,,except this fuse on motor,i guess ill hv to take a closer look at this at the culprit..

[Northlander]

I was told to turn key on wait 5 seconds then start it. Seems to work ok that way for me anyway.

[cd3]

wait 5 seconds,,?? your cutting into my fishing time now.ha,, ill give that a try, but this is something that just started recently for me, so i thought id give that fuse a look.

[hoggs222]

I got a call today. You were right. It was the fuse in the motor.