Was out on the water, got about 3/4 mile from the dock, throttled down to pass a little fishin boat, (from about 3000 RPM to about 800). went to throttle up - usually to around 1200 (quicker idle with minimal wake), and I looked over at my RPM, and it was at 0.
Turned the key, and crank, crank, crank, crank... no fire. pulled the top of the carb off, and I saw fuel when I opened the throttle, so it's getting fuel. checked the main line on the distributor, got spark.. pulled the plugs, they looked ok.. little bit of carbon, (consistent with ~1 year old plugs).. hooked up my portable jumper to boost cranking current, still nothing. There was a disconnected wire on the port side of the block, near the bilge, 1 of the guys onboard said it might be an oil switch? anyway, we hooked it back up, and when i turned the key, I got an alarm. alarm was solid until I turned the key off. 1 thing I'm curious about - with the key in run, oil pressure was at 0. maybe a bad oil pump? or do I only have pressure when the pump is running?
anybody have any ideas on what else to check?
1995 7.4L Merc w/ Bravo 3 - (not the MPI)
Turned the key, and crank, crank, crank, crank... no fire. pulled the top of the carb off, and I saw fuel when I opened the throttle, so it's getting fuel. checked the main line on the distributor, got spark.. pulled the plugs, they looked ok.. little bit of carbon, (consistent with ~1 year old plugs).. hooked up my portable jumper to boost cranking current, still nothing. There was a disconnected wire on the port side of the block, near the bilge, 1 of the guys onboard said it might be an oil switch? anyway, we hooked it back up, and when i turned the key, I got an alarm. alarm was solid until I turned the key off. 1 thing I'm curious about - with the key in run, oil pressure was at 0. maybe a bad oil pump? or do I only have pressure when the pump is running?
anybody have any ideas on what else to check?
1995 7.4L Merc w/ Bravo 3 - (not the MPI)
