Vafis Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Ok hopefully someone can help me here i baught a triton about a yr ago and haven't had any problems. but this past thur we werr fishing a rodeo on soho and ran down before dark. so when it got dark i went up as usual was runnin pretty much wide open when all the sudden my water temp light and alarm starts going off and i lose power didn't die it would still idle so i turnes the motor off started it back and fished the rest of the night without any other problems. so my question for you guys is what is this alarm and light really mean and what would cause this? thanks huntrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwbrand Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 maybe something clogged the intake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vafis Posted September 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Ill have to check that i had or have no idea I'm new to owning a boat sort of my dad has always had one and i kno a little about them but not much..i did pay a lot more attention to my water pressure the rest of the night and it good and the boat was "peeing" fine.. thank u tho ill check that out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwbrand Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 was thinking when you stopped it might have came undone and let it start taking water again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softbaitmaker Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 I have two friends that have Bombs in 2003 models and that both ahd to have the temp units replaces after about 2 years for false alarming they are both running 225 HO motors. You didn't say if you had an HO or a E-Tech series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainman Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 May have been one of several things. How long since youve had a new waterpump on it? They can be "peeing" fine and not getting enough water pressure to cool the motor properly. May have got something stuck on the water intakes or may be a faulty overheat sensor. Did you lose water pressure on the gauge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vafis Posted September 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 Sorry mines not a e_tec its a ho. i baught the boat from watsons in nov last yr and they said the water pump was new. but I'm not positive what "new" meant. yea my water pressure was fine after i cranked it back up when the alarm started goin off to be honest i didn't look at my pressure at that moment i was just tryin to stop and shut off the motor. thanks for all the advice guys ill figure all this out one day hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobybol Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 If you over trim the motor, it will cause the alarm to go off after a while also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vafis Posted September 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 Hmm i honestly didn't kno that and that could of very well of been it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainman Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 My advice would be to get it to your dealer or a qualified mechanic and have the engine diagnostics ran. That should tell them alot about what happened. As far as the water pump goes, alot of people suggest replacing them every 3 years, but as inexpensive and easy as they are to change, I change mine every year when I change my lower unit grease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hung up Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 mine go's off over low oil & low water pressure cut's down to a low speed so not to damage the motor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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