Depth Finder issue

MRoth150

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May 20, 2019
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Boat Info
2009 Sea Ray Sundancer with Ray Marine electronics, Kholer gen, and Fusion Apollo Stereo.
Engines
Twin Mercruiser 350 Mags with out drives
I just purchased a 2009 310 Sundancer with original Mercruiser Vessel View. Depth finder worked for first 4-5 trips but now reads 0 ft all of the time. Everything else seems to work. The boat is in the water so hoping to troubleshoot from inside the boat. Thoughts?
 
I just purchased a 2009 310 Sundancer with original Mercruiser Vessel View. Depth finder worked for first 4-5 trips but now reads 0 ft all of the time. Everything else seems to work. The boat is in the water so hoping to troubleshoot from inside the boat. Thoughts?
Any chance that the transducer is fouled?
 
My first thought would be that you have something stuck on the transducer (as mentioned above).

Where are you located? If the water is above 50 degrees I'd suggest you don some goggles and hop in. Junk on your transducer is the easiest to solve...but you can't do it from inside the boat :)
 
The easiest think to check is corroded connections. Do you have the make/model of the ducer?
 
My first thought would be that you have something stuck on the transducer (as mentioned above).

Where are you located? If the water is above 50 degrees I'd suggest you don some goggles and hop in. Junk on your transducer is the easiest to solve...but you can't do it from inside the boat :)
Thanks. The funny thing is the shallow water sensor went off in a 6ft area even though it continuously reads zero. I think it may be working but just not reading correctly.

Turns out I need to pull the boat to service the outdrive anyways so I’ll get a good chance to clean off the bottom.
 
The easiest think to check is corroded connections. Do you have the make/model of the ducer?
I did check that from inside and that seems ok.
 
I am having the same issue on my 2006 320. Outcome with yours?
 

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