djungeljim
New Member
While cruising along the other day with my 280 with a single 496 MAG it lost speed/died all of a sudden.
No alarm no nothing
Looking back I'm not sure if the engine actually got in "fail safe" mode with lower rpm or if it shut down completely since I quickly shut off the ignition as soon as I noticed the engine was slowing down.
When turning on the ignition again I noticed an alarm "lost engine comm" on the smartcraft. After a while and after switching of the batteries and everyrhing I tried starting the engine again and it started and everything seemed fine..
I've read lots about the lost comm-issue and it seems I should go through all engine connectors and clean them as a first step to stop it from happening again..
But I wonder if the lost engine comm alarm really can make the engine stop(/slow down) like mine did? Or if something else failed and the lost engine comm message was just a by-product. Has anyone here had the same thing happen to them? Thanks!
No alarm no nothing
Looking back I'm not sure if the engine actually got in "fail safe" mode with lower rpm or if it shut down completely since I quickly shut off the ignition as soon as I noticed the engine was slowing down.
When turning on the ignition again I noticed an alarm "lost engine comm" on the smartcraft. After a while and after switching of the batteries and everyrhing I tried starting the engine again and it started and everything seemed fine..
I've read lots about the lost comm-issue and it seems I should go through all engine connectors and clean them as a first step to stop it from happening again..
But I wonder if the lost engine comm alarm really can make the engine stop(/slow down) like mine did? Or if something else failed and the lost engine comm message was just a by-product. Has anyone here had the same thing happen to them? Thanks!