Yes the engine survived just fine.. I had been told about the outdrive
pump, but that is not monitored by this system..
Thank You
Bill

"JohnH" wrote in message
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| On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 14:30:35 GMT, "=|8-\)~" wrote:
|
| Hello, I have a Monterey 242 with the Volvo Penta 5.7GSi engine.. After
| suffering a lightning strike near our house we have had to replace our
| phones, circuit board on our heater etc..
|
| We also had our boat plugged into the house current because we were
getting
| ready to leave on vacation the next morning..
|
| I had started up the boat and it worked fine the day before we left, but
| when we got up to Lake Powell in Utah. We had the following problems..
|
| The ProTech 4 Battery Charger / Inverter was not charging.. Some $220.00
| later to have the old one replace under warranty fixed that problem when
I
| got home..
|
| The outdrive would not lower.. This turned out to be due to the 50 amp
| circuit breaker being kicked.. Simple there just pushed it back in and
that
| was solved.. But then we discovered that the alarm that sounds when you
| have either low oil pressure or high engine temperature would not shut
off..
|
| Since this alarm came on from the time we turned the key on even before
we
| started the engine, I doubted that it could be from either of those
| problems.. and felt that it had something to due with the lightning
| strike..
|
| Normally this alarm will beep twice when you turn on the key to let you
know
| that the system is working, but now it's on all the time.. It sounds a
lot
| like a backup warning device.. Beep Beep Beep... at 120 decibels..
Very
| annoying..
|
| Well we took the boat over to the dock and let it run and kept an eye on
the
| temp, and oil pressure to make sure everything was fine and it was..
Full
| of new clean oil, and also replaced the impeller just incase there was
not
| enough water flow.. Still the alarm would not shut off.. At this point
we
| clipped the wire to the alarm and at last had silence.. But was still
| worried..
|
| I called my boat dealer, but being on a Sunday I did not hear back from
him
| until Tuesday morning.. He said that he thought that maybe it was due to
a
| sensor being bad.. And that I should try to disconnect each one and see
if
| it goes away..
|
| Anyone else have a similar problem like this, and if so how did you fix
it..
| Thanks for your time and help..
|
| Check the outdrive lubricant reservoir, if there is one. On my Mercruiser,
the
| same alarm is used for that reservoir also.
|
| John H
|
| On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD,
| on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!