1998 Ficht 150's (yeah I can hear the groans) w/pinned heads, proper Champion plugs, they have been relatively trouble free and very strong, last compression test showed all w/in 5%.
Both engines start and run very well.
I buy my gas from the same vendor as usual, ethanol free, use XD50 oil and seafoam gas additive, 1 oz per gallon.
I started getting an intermittent check engine light/audible alarm on one motor only, code 37, "water in fuel sensor activation."
-Emptied the associated water seperator into a glass jar, no evidence of water or debris, reinstalled same filter.
-engine mounted seperator/fuel filter, no evidence of water, replaced w/new.
-fuel filter sensor test corerctly reads continuity when tested (new sensors show up as NA at my Evinrude dealer, and he's not much help).
The check light and alarm for one motor has been sounding intermittently.
Alarm sounds for 30 seconds, light comes on, sometimes the light will go out when I return to idle.
If I shut the motor down and turn off the battery for a minute or so, the soft code will clear as normal, sometimes it will come back, sometimes it won't. Always a code 37.
If I let the engine just idle for a while (20 minutes) it has not coded.
I ran the motor with the fuel/water sensor boot disconnected and the alarm sounded after a few minutes.
The motor continues to run as normal, no hesitation and no SLOW mode.
This is an air cooled ECM and I'm wondering if it's starting to flake out, maybe time to contact DFI.
Any advise you could lend would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Tom
Both engines start and run very well.
I buy my gas from the same vendor as usual, ethanol free, use XD50 oil and seafoam gas additive, 1 oz per gallon.
I started getting an intermittent check engine light/audible alarm on one motor only, code 37, "water in fuel sensor activation."
-Emptied the associated water seperator into a glass jar, no evidence of water or debris, reinstalled same filter.
-engine mounted seperator/fuel filter, no evidence of water, replaced w/new.
-fuel filter sensor test corerctly reads continuity when tested (new sensors show up as NA at my Evinrude dealer, and he's not much help).
The check light and alarm for one motor has been sounding intermittently.
Alarm sounds for 30 seconds, light comes on, sometimes the light will go out when I return to idle.
If I shut the motor down and turn off the battery for a minute or so, the soft code will clear as normal, sometimes it will come back, sometimes it won't. Always a code 37.
If I let the engine just idle for a while (20 minutes) it has not coded.
I ran the motor with the fuel/water sensor boot disconnected and the alarm sounded after a few minutes.
The motor continues to run as normal, no hesitation and no SLOW mode.
This is an air cooled ECM and I'm wondering if it's starting to flake out, maybe time to contact DFI.
Any advise you could lend would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Tom
