''NO OIL'' light?????

[Moe Szyslak]

1998 Fish Hawk 1650 single console. There are four warning lights as part of the speedometer. Hot, low oil, no oil, and something else.

I took the boat out two weeks ago and drove it for 20 minutes straight, no issues, ran fine. Today I take it out to the lake, starts fine, takes off fine after a couple minutes of idle, then at full plane the NO OIL light lites up and buzzer goes off. I slow down and kill it. Not knowing where this sensor is, I check the res and it full, primer bulb is firm. Manual says NOTHING about this light. Start motor again and it lights/buzz after about a minute.

Let sit for an hour as I play with new fishing gear. Decide to leave and figure I will give it one more shot. Runs fine, no light/buzzer all the way to the landing, so I keep running it for the rest of the day, never comes on again. It def still smells like it burning mix with gas as I would expect.

Anyone know where the NO OIL sensor is located? And what kind of a sensor it is?

[marine_man]

What kind of motor do you have on this rig? The boat info is helpfull, but the motor has the oil sensor on it.

marine_man

[Moe Szyslak]

Wow, cant believe i missed that! its a 98 50HP johnson 2 stroke.

[marine_man]

The float is in the tank mounted inside your boat. I think the no oil sensor comes from the VRO pump though.

marine_man

[Moe Szyslak]

Yeah, thats what I have been hearing. Does anyone know of a simple way to troubleshoot to determine if its the sensor circuit that is failing or if its the VRO pump that is failing?