98 Speedster alarm sounds?

[sandshark]

Hey guys, been enjoying a nice 10 day vacation up in Big Bear, my Speedster has been running great a mile up in altitude. Oh, I had my starboard side windscreen break inside at the hinge,:ack: but 2 part epoxy and it is (so far) good to go. 10 year old plastic... So anyway I have been having a blast.

- EXCEPT -

I was idling in the east end of the lake (weedy in spots) and I had a constant alarm go off. Stopped the engines and did some inspecting. Now, owning the full manual with all the beep codes listed I know that is the overheat alarm, and nothing else is mentioned that I can find. I was thinking clog. So I:

A: Tried clearing the intakes using the grates. Result: nothing. Still beeping right after start. Now I notice it is both engines, immediately after startup. I can clear the alarm with the toggleswitch on the console to get it to shut up (man that thing is loud) and I notice that indeed the engines are NOT actually hot. Hand on the manifold while running, cool as can be. Little white in the exhaust smoke, I am getting a nice oil mix. No prob there.

B: So then I dove under the boat and did a firsthand inspection. clear. nada.

So my question: What the heck? I was a little low gas wise. Filled it up back at the Marina, checked the oil reservoir, and whatever was going on stopped. Is there a low fuel alarm that uses the same beep code as the overheat, and I was just unaware? (former owner never mentioned anything about this) Is there a sensor in the oil reservoir that may have been stuck? I can find no mention of any of this in my manual. BTW my gas gauge is (like most 98's) on the blink so I just do a visual every few hours.

Suffice to say this drove me nuts for a couple hours.

Thanks!

-M.

 

[sandshark]

BUMP :

Is there a low fuel alarm that uses the same beep code as the overheat on the '98 Speedster?

 

[timmyboy76]

with that yr, I wouldn't think, so....10 days in big bear, heck yah. Had done some mods on previous ski's, and they ran like crap up there, not enough air verses fuel delivery. We always crash at the Serrano Campground.
Think its just coinncidence with more fuel, though. had enough time for boat to reset itself, and walah. Did you finish out vacation, with no more problems?

 

[sandshark]

Runs really well up there, actually. I am pretty much one of the fastest boats on the water until the wind chews everything up in the afternoon, and the bigger deep v's are in their element. Boat was in Arrowhead before and was set up for altitude is my thought. Off idle is a little lean down here in the desert, perfect at 7000'.

I had to come back down for a few days and work :ack: but am going back up this afternoon for a nice 3 day weekend. Left the Fam up there.

I rented a slip at Pleasure Point (across from Holloways) while I was up there (nice to just jump on the boat and go) and ran into all this fun right before I loaded back on the trailer and stored the boat at our cabin for my short workweek. I was good to go and running when I took it off the water, we will see what the weekend brings. Ghost in the machine...

Thanks for the reply!