Dodged a bullet!
 

Coming back from an awesome day of boating a couple nights back and running about 3500 rpm...

Oil pressure alarm goes on while I see the oil pressure needle start going down.... I immediately shut the engine down (like my mechanic and engine guys have trained me to do over the years by invoicing me for my previous indiscretions!) and have a look under the hatch... It freanking looks like a murder scene in there, oil all over the back of the transom and underneath the hatch.

Meanwhile I am put-putting back to the ramp on one engine, Niel/DPT circles back to see what happened, I tell him to go on his merry way that I have lost oil pressure in one mill and will make my way slowly to the ramp...

He says "check the sender!!!"... Obviously he did not see the gore-fest under the hatch!

I taught a main seal or something like that and was minding myself for an engine pull-out and everything.

My mechanic calls me today and says the oil pressure alarm sender cracked and spewed oil all over the place... Changed the sender filled the motor with oil and back in business... First time in my boating life that something looked so ugly and did not cost up to it's look.

Caught a little luck I guess.

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Whew! :D Makes ya feel good huh? :D

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Sweet man. That is the ultimate "whew!" :drink:

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Happened to a good friend of mine two years ago at Tickfaw. Radio was too loud and did not hear alarms. Very short trip for him.

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Great to catch one now and then... Just bracing myself for the next one now!!! :drink:

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Glad to hear it was no biggs...

Your all set! :drink:

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It`s nice to have a cheap fix once in a while. :eek:

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Christmas comes once a year Harvey ;) :woohoo:

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Good news GL ... never take them eyes off the oil pressure and temp gauges ... well maybe for some cones now and again! :D :drink: :cool:

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Had the samething happen to me when I had my Scarab. Never lost oil pressure but when I got back to the dock I had 7 qts of oil in the bildge. :eek:

fast forward a couple years and the bracket that holds the oil cooler breaks out in some rough water, sheered one of the fittings clean.... well,,, I didn't catch that one.... :eek:

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GLH glad to hear you made out ok and shut it down as soon as the alarm came on its always great to hear a Good story..........

in my stinger a couple of years ago I didnt hear the alarm sucked a plastic bag in our beautiful inner harbor cost me a couple of head gaskets and head jobs ( yes I know most like " head jobs" not in this case )

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great story with a good ending :D

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Good thing you were keeping an eye on things. Glad to hear you did not hurt anything. Hope the rest of your summer is smooth sailing......

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Everyone is overlooking the true miracle here...the fact that butt crack Tiger diagnosed it on the fly:evilb:...we all know his tool box consists of a butter knife, a shoe and some borrowed duct tape from Jeff...:D

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Glad to hear it was minor GL. Talk to you soon.

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Speaking of fly, zip yours up and get your 65mph JC rocket on the water before labor day... :evilb:

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looks like the walls after you got through with them in lake george.. puke fest...... :evilb: :evilb: :evilb:

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I got lucky like that once. I sprung a leak on an oil cooler hose on a poker run. Before we left that morning, I had told Debbie to put some extra oil in the boat. Luckily, she had put a case in the boat! I was thinking a couple quarts. Went through eight quarts on that run. :eek:

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That was more of a redish hugh... :p

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I'm trying:( It will be 73 same as last year:), they are on the dyno as we speak...both myself and Jeffy have been swamped, I'm booked 2 weeks out and while it's great to be busy, not much time for playing...

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Ya hot oil under pressure can sure make a mess ..and alot of smoke if/when it hits the pipes.. Ya gotta love a cheap fix though :drink:

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Your bullet ricocheted and hit me in the azz. I melted 2 pistons and blew oil all over my boat!

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I know the feeliing exactly. Broke an oil line four years ago on a brand new engine. Saw oil gauuge fluctuate as I went into a turn. Immediately stopped even before the alarm went off. Of course the leak was straight up and hitting the hatch and spraying all over. At least it was a cheap fix :D

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I had a AN #12 oil line come loose and pumps 14 QT's in the bildge , the alarm went off ,shut off the motor,,and I started looking around and saw it was a loose fitting,I tighten it by hand and cranked it and had about 10psi ,was able to Idle to the slip.Got lucky :D made a hell of a mess..


Ive never heard of the sending unit crack like that????

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The Alarm senders are notorious for rotting out, especially when they're near the bottom of the block where water collects. It used to be even worse when they had a rubber boot around the sender. All the water/salt would get stuck under the boot and really do a number on it. Salt water use, times it by two. :eek:

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Glad it wern't too serious...

Frank
"The guy with the 40 year old Donzi."

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And a 12 pack of Hieneken NK

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That's the "idle back home" first aid kit... :drink:

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When I saw "Dogded a bullet" I assumed you were writing to say that some other guy was going to marry her because he thought the kid was his. :drink:

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Happened to me in 2000 10hrs on the motor :rolleyes: sunday I thought bent a valve and it seems it was a broken rocker stud :p so I will firer it up tomorrow and see how it sounds it did not make any banging turnning over to night with out spark hooked up so thats good :D

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I thought this was an old thread from when Craig had been out boating in his 31 and got a little crazy.