Re: 1996 175 Fast Strike constant alarm
thanks - the motor was running great - RPM's were fine which makes me think I might have had some hydrilla blocking the water intake because I went about 100 yards idling through a big grass bed before I hit the open water and opened it up. I had to put it in reverse a few times to back the grass off the prop so it would go. I was just checking it out before bringing it back home from the lake to the bay where it will get used more. I checked the pee hole and water was coming out at what appeared to be a normal flow, but it could have been less than what is needed. I made 2 runs out to the main body of the lake, first time no issues, 2nd time I got off course while checking out things in the boat and got into the grass bed.
thanks for the info. The motor came off my dad's old bass boat and we put it on my bay boat. It has been a great motor, until the VRO pump went out last year. Fished it several times after that with no issues.
I left the manual up at the lake at the camp, my dad said he thought that was the VRP pump horn, but we thought it had a built in restriction that would shut it down when no oil was the issue. His new Evinrude does that.
