New boat owner with a 1988 Yamaha excel 225hp (new powerhead last year, been running great). I noticed heading out today that my guage had a flashing symbol over the red circle. Previous owner told me that meant high temp (which I now understand was wrong, it's for the oil level), but thermo guage was fine. Kept running for probably an hour. On way back, boat on plane running great, then all of a sudden rpm went from 4400 to 0. Could not get started again. Checked oil tank, still had some in but it was very low. Filled it up and checked tank on engine which was full. Could not get boat to start again. It would turn, but not start. BTW - had been having battery issues prior, they were not holding their charge and had been running on BOTH. Don't think this has anything to do with first problem, but it also seemed like I did not have enough charge after trying to restart a number of times.
Did I do major damage and run the engine low on oil? There was never an audible alarm either. Feel like an idiot for not knowing the red circle was low oil. Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks
Did I do major damage and run the engine low on oil? There was never an audible alarm either. Feel like an idiot for not knowing the red circle was low oil. Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks