mercury 1997 90hp overheat alarm

blackhawk2020

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Hello i have a 1997 90 hp mercury outboard. My overheat alarm goes off only when i am going wot basically 25-35 miles an hour. I have changed out the thermostat, poppet, water pump, base plate and seals, oh yes and the heat sensor.Water flow is excellent. This is driving me nuts, i used a infrared thermo gun on the head at various speeds and the highest temperature i got was 141. Any help i would appreciate.
 

electricjohn

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Oil alert module also triggers that alarm. Could be low oil or the rotation sensor on your oil pump if you have one. My 1988 does not have rotation sensor.
 

QBhoy

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Yeah. Agree it is most likely oil tank low alarm, given what you told us already.
 

flyingscott

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No rotation sensor on that motor. Is this boat new to you? Was the.old waterpump in good.condition? Looked at the wiring for.the warning horn?
 

blackhawk2020

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no oil tank i premix, checked for old oil alarm gone. the old water pump was in good condition no damaged to impellor no pieces missing. i just picked up a new alarm horn simple change out. its going to rain all day here in florida so wont know till later this week will keep posted.
 

Texasmark

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With you going the stated speed, and having changed out what has been done, my guess is that you have a short"ing" wire somewhere in your alarm low side to ground (battery -). If you have a control box, like the Quicksilver/Mercury 2000 or 3000 series and your horn is inside the control box, the position of the throttle/shifter lever could be rubbing on an exposed (insulation chafed off) ground (battery -) side of the horn and causing your problem.

If the horn is wired under the dash, then the problem could be in your wiring, either between the horn and the engine or in the engine proper. The 8 pin connector pin 3, tan/light blue stripe) wire is your ground wire for the horn in the wiring harness. Inside the engine the color codes would be tan for OT sensor, tan/lt blue stripe in a Y connector, or light blue for oil level sensor if the wiring is still in the engine....since you said you no longer have oil injection...assuming the tank has been removed. Any of these wires vibrating at your mentioned speed and touching the exposed metal case/part of the engine could sound the alarm.

If your engine has the oil warning module, some earlier engines had such...follow the light blue wires that were connected to the oil tank to find it, (to the rear of the oil tank and down low just above the lower cowling) it could have an internal problem...just disconnect it.
 
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