Re: Evinrude 90 Horse Oil Alarm Test
You should hear a single beep when the key is turned to the run position.You also have to determine what created the alarm.A continous horn will be an overheat condition, a horn that sounds a half second on and a half second off, repeatidly, will ba a no oil alarm, and a horn that will sound for a half second every 20 seconds is the low oil. <br /><br />To check and make sure that your horn is working, unplug the tan wire that connects to the temp sensor near the top of the cylinder head. You can jump this wire to ground on the powerhead and it will sound tha alarm at the control box.After testing make sure to reconnect the wire.<br /><br />If you let your oil tank get to about a quarter full, it will sound the low oil horn. Just simply fill the tank back up again and the horn will stop.<br /><br />sometimes the oil supply may develop a small air bubble in it from sitting for a while. This may have triggered the alarm and stopped when the trapped air was purged. It is a good idea to prime the oil primer bulb at the same time you prime the fuel. Generaly it will be hard to squeeze and already primed but this practice prevents the problem from happening in the first place.<br /><br />If you want to confirm that your vro is using oil, place a small mark on the remote tank, recording the level, and check it again later. You can always run pre-mix in the fuel tank if ever in doubt.<br /><br />hope the info is helpful.
