Oil Pressure Warning Light, No Spark
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1996 Sea Ray with Twin Mercruiser 7.4 carbureted engines. Both engines ran fan 2 weeks ago, went yesterday to pull the boat out and port motor would not fire, and had the oil pressure warning light illuminated on the dash. Found that the carb has fuel, but we had no spark. Cap and rotor were corroded so we replaced that, and also swapped a known good coil in. Still no spark. I then Disconnected the oil pressure switch (by the oil filter) and the warning light turned off, and the motor would now try to fire like every forth revolution, but still not able to start. Is is possible that the oil pressure switch is cutting spark? The warning light would illuminate before the engine even started cranking.
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oil light comes on before engine starts cranking, and does not go away when cranking. The oil light for the other engine does not come on at all through the starting process.
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