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    2012 Suzuki 150 stalls at idle

    Thinking more about this, it can't be the problem. When someone bumps the throttle and triggers that switch, the engine won't turn over. Get it back in neutral and it turns over. But my engine turns over at dead idle. It just won't start or run at that throttle setting. Starts and runs just fine...
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    2012 Suzuki 150 stalls at idle

    OK, I have the service manual for this engine so I can at least figure out what a VST is. I think the last outboard that I sorta understood was the 1961 10 hp Johnson that I blew up in 1978. They've gotten a bit more complex.
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    2012 Suzuki 150 stalls at idle

    Hmm... I know there's such a switch in the throttle because sometimes the throttle gets bumped and then the boat won't start until it's put back in neutral. Not really sure how to find and check it though. When the engine died, it sounded more like fuel starvation than the immediate cutoff...
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    2012 Suzuki 150 stalls at idle

    I have a 2012 Suzuki 150 with about 600 hours, indoor stored and in great shape for a salt water engine. We've had it since 2018 and it has always run fine. Yesterday, backed the engine into the water at the ramp, fired it up, backed down a bit more and the boat came off the trailer with a bit...
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    2000 Tohatsu 5hp — design & reliability comparison?

    I have a 2001 5 hp Nissan that I had out yesterday and it's a great little engine. I like that the engine turns 180 degrees. Makes the boat very maneuverable and it's fun to make the boat spin inside its own length. Mine has the integral tank and just got a new tank because some gorilla...
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    Tohatsu 60 alarm sounds, shuts down

    I finally got out to test the boat Sunday morning. It ran perfectly. Cruising speed up and down the creek until the engine temp stabilized, then a blast of full power for a minute or so. No alarms sounded. I didn't bother shooting it with the IR thermometer because I could see on the tachometer...
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    Tohatsu 60 alarm sounds, shuts down

    I don't have one of those but I think my brother still does. He does pottery and his is used to measure whether the kiln is 2000 degrees or so. So maybe doesn't read in the right range? I don't know. Where do I point it and what should it say?
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    Tohatsu 60 alarm sounds, shuts down

    No, it hasn't sounded an alarm since that day we had it out. I've run it a couple of times in a barrel now. When we had it out, it would not sound the alarm immediately, only when RPMs were increased above about 1500 or so. Then the alarm wouldn't shut off, even at idle in neutral, until the...
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    Tohatsu 60 alarm sounds, shuts down

    I put the new switch in and fired it up yesterday afternoon. The little green light continues to glow dimly. The oil pressure readout on the tach continues to display NO DATA. No alarms sounded after the normal beep when the key is turned on. The engine temp readout on the tach showed it rising...
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    Tohatsu 60 alarm sounds, shuts down

    Today I removed the EOP switch and hooked up my new external oil pressure gauge. When I turned the key on, it made some new beeps I hadn't heard before. I started it up and the external gauge showed 60 lbs of oil pressure. No beeping while it ran. Weirdly, the little green light on the ignition...
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    Tohatsu 60 alarm sounds, shuts down

    The oil pressure check procedure involves removal of the EOP switch so I just ordered a new one. If it has to come out, might as well stick a new one in there.
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    Tohatsu 60 alarm sounds, shuts down

    I ordered a gauge to check the oil pressure. The shop manual says only two things result in a continuous alarm sound: overheating and low oil pressure. The engine was peeing normally, temp showed normal on the tach, no steam, no overheat light, so I'm pretty sure it's not overheating. That...
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    Tohatsu 60 alarm sounds, shuts down

    Do the green light and the oil pressure reading on the tach rely on the same sensor? Just wondering how the green light knows there's oil pressure and the tach says NO DATA if they rely on the same one.
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    Tohatsu 60 alarm sounds, shuts down

    Dipped the boat in the water and got a bit more information. The green oil light is dimly lit when the engine is running. I think I recall it being brighter in the past, but it does come on. The LCD display on the tach says NO DATA when I set it to show oil pressure. It does correctly display...
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    Tohatsu 60 alarm sounds, shuts down

    The green light appeared to be off when we had the boat out, but I didn't notice until we were almost back at the ramp. Then when I was messing with the boat the next day, I noticed that the green light would glow, but very dim, when I turn on the key. I only noticed because I was in the shade...
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