rszarka
Member
- Mar 19, 2011
- 982
- Boat Info
- 1999 Sea Ray Sundancer 540
- Engines
- Twin Detroit Diesel 8v92TA
Hi
took the boat for a run today afterwards when we got back to dock there was some diesel fuel on the engine room floor..We spent quite awhile looking around at all the lines etc to find where this fuel could be coming from. Even ran the engines to see if maybe we could find the leak, spot it while the engines were running ..no luck... Any ideas on how best to find this fuel leak?
The starboard battery bank has been bad for awhile...started the boat until replacing it by using the crossover system essentially starting both engines from the port bank. Just replaced the bad battery bank with 2 new batteries...on the volt meter downstairs in the salon the reading for that bank was 19 volts...when i tested the actual bank with a multimeter there was 24 plus volts ..so the volt meter downstairs is registering the wrong voltage. When i went to start the starboard engine nothing ....is there a chance the bad battery bank blew a fuse or tripped a breaker killed the start solenoid maybe? Not sure how that circuit works the power probably goes from the battery bank to a start solenoid ..maybe that is bad or has a blown fuse from the bad battery bank? any ideas anyone what to check?
I have had an intermitant problem where occasionaly and its usually after it rains heavily..i have a leaky roof over the dash which is being fixed now ...where when i go to shut down the starboard engine the switch does not work i have to go downstairs and manually shut down the engine...when ever this happens the fule primer pump also does not work on that engine so it seems like no power is getting to that circuit ...im wondering if these issues are related to this start issue...the engine will still startup with the emergency crossover system just not shut down or start from its own bank so that solenoid for the fuel shutoff obviously is getting no power..i have checked the switch its fine ...does anyone here have any ideas on all of this? ANyone here know 1999 sea ray 540 Da boats and may know of a fuse ...breaker or the best way to diagnose these problems?
Two days ago we ran the engines and all the guages worked fine ..today none of the guages for the starboard side came on when the ignition is on like it usually does ..so it seems like there is some electrical issue with this entire starboard side.
Not sure if this is related but tonight the new navigation light bulbs we put in were the wrong voltage 12 instead of 24v and the starboard bulb burned out..tripped the breaker...it was after that i noticed the brand new issue with the guages not energizing. DOnt think its on the same circuit though..just mentioning it in case there could be some correlation.
Best way to test a solenoid with a multimeter?
Thanks in advance for any advice
took the boat for a run today afterwards when we got back to dock there was some diesel fuel on the engine room floor..We spent quite awhile looking around at all the lines etc to find where this fuel could be coming from. Even ran the engines to see if maybe we could find the leak, spot it while the engines were running ..no luck... Any ideas on how best to find this fuel leak?
The starboard battery bank has been bad for awhile...started the boat until replacing it by using the crossover system essentially starting both engines from the port bank. Just replaced the bad battery bank with 2 new batteries...on the volt meter downstairs in the salon the reading for that bank was 19 volts...when i tested the actual bank with a multimeter there was 24 plus volts ..so the volt meter downstairs is registering the wrong voltage. When i went to start the starboard engine nothing ....is there a chance the bad battery bank blew a fuse or tripped a breaker killed the start solenoid maybe? Not sure how that circuit works the power probably goes from the battery bank to a start solenoid ..maybe that is bad or has a blown fuse from the bad battery bank? any ideas anyone what to check?
I have had an intermitant problem where occasionaly and its usually after it rains heavily..i have a leaky roof over the dash which is being fixed now ...where when i go to shut down the starboard engine the switch does not work i have to go downstairs and manually shut down the engine...when ever this happens the fule primer pump also does not work on that engine so it seems like no power is getting to that circuit ...im wondering if these issues are related to this start issue...the engine will still startup with the emergency crossover system just not shut down or start from its own bank so that solenoid for the fuel shutoff obviously is getting no power..i have checked the switch its fine ...does anyone here have any ideas on all of this? ANyone here know 1999 sea ray 540 Da boats and may know of a fuse ...breaker or the best way to diagnose these problems?
Two days ago we ran the engines and all the guages worked fine ..today none of the guages for the starboard side came on when the ignition is on like it usually does ..so it seems like there is some electrical issue with this entire starboard side.
Not sure if this is related but tonight the new navigation light bulbs we put in were the wrong voltage 12 instead of 24v and the starboard bulb burned out..tripped the breaker...it was after that i noticed the brand new issue with the guages not energizing. DOnt think its on the same circuit though..just mentioning it in case there could be some correlation.
Best way to test a solenoid with a multimeter?
Thanks in advance for any advice