dschonfe
New Member
Still relatively new to diagnosing problems here, so please forgive the naiveness in advance. The boat is a 2005 Sea Ray Sundancer 320, with twin Mercruiser Inboards (325s I think?)
After a few years of only minor problems, this weekend while doing our final cleanup of the boat for the season I couldn't get the port engine to start. The starboard side started ok, although it did stall the first time and I had to do it a second time. The port side, however, would not stay running. I would hold the button down, and it would turn over, but the RPMs would go down to zero once I let go of the button. It would just stall. It worked fine last time, although that was a few weeks ago and the weather is much colder now (about 60 degrees).
I'm having the techs look at it this week. The batteries are fine, there is plenty of gas, what else should be checked to diagnose the issue? No alarms on the SmartCraft. Visual inspection of the engine everything looked ok.
Thanks for your suggestions!
After a few years of only minor problems, this weekend while doing our final cleanup of the boat for the season I couldn't get the port engine to start. The starboard side started ok, although it did stall the first time and I had to do it a second time. The port side, however, would not stay running. I would hold the button down, and it would turn over, but the RPMs would go down to zero once I let go of the button. It would just stall. It worked fine last time, although that was a few weeks ago and the weather is much colder now (about 60 degrees).
I'm having the techs look at it this week. The batteries are fine, there is plenty of gas, what else should be checked to diagnose the issue? No alarms on the SmartCraft. Visual inspection of the engine everything looked ok.
Thanks for your suggestions!
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