Engine Alarm

[Jfrano]

Had an engine alarm moving the boat today.

Is there a way to find the detail cause, in a log?

 

[Admiral S]

Had an engine alarm moving the boat today.

Is there a way to find the detail cause, in a log?

What engine do you have?

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[ethanbarnett]

If you have the Volvo Penta, on the screen at the helm move the menu view to the last choice which is warnings. This is where you will find a log of warnings. At the bottom of the warning screen you will see in a code at the bottom in small print. Take a photo.

 

[Jfrano]

Will be at boat tonight, will do. Thanks

 

[DBecker]

I'll be interested in what you find. Twice now we have been out running and the engine alarmed (Volvo Penta D4-260, audible beep once every ~15 seconds) but there were *no* warnings in the display panel. All other systems were nominal as well.

The first time this happened, we were close enough to our dock that we motored back slowly and turned the engine off once docked (~5 minutes between alarm and docking). We started it up again and the alarm no longer sounded.

The second time it happened, we were out on Puget Sound running ~ 8 knots. Again, no warnings on the panel and all systems appeared nominal. We stopped the engine, waited a couple of minutes, restarted and the alarm was gone.

We are vexed by this issue. It has happened twice though we have had the boat out many times *without* this happening. I called Coastal Marine where the engine was previously serviced. They weren't much help over the phone and I'm debating scheduling something with them. Before I do that, though, I wanted to follow this thread and also ask if anyone else had this issue?

 

[tdellaviola]

I have had a similar experience on my cutwater 30, but only when using the stern steering station while trolling. Most often turning off and on the engine makes the annoying beep stop. To date I have not been able to see what is causing the alarm.

 

[ethanbarnett]

When hearing that alarm do you also see a red exclamation mark on the throttle? If you turn off the motor and the ignition, and then restart this I believe erases the code if the fault do longer exists. Code is then only readible by a tech.

 

[DBecker]

Can't speak for the others but we definitely had no warnings in the log while the engine was running and the alarm was sounding. We did not see the red exclamation light on the throttle (but may have missed it due to bright sunlight as I was up on the command helm at the time). Is it possible to have the red warning light in the absence of a warning code though?

 

[Jfrano]

Have a 2017 Volvo D4 260 ...No warnings detected is all that’s displayed. That’s disappointing that nothing was captured , would rather know what the issue was.

Put together deck box and moved the boat foward about a foot in the slip. Neighbor told me when bigger boat passes rocks too close to bulkhead. People are great here. When we came in Saturday for first time, several people were waiting to assist. One being another Ranger Tug owner... Thank goodness . Thought I had lost all helm control just as I was coming into the harbor area and start making my approaches. Man I was really freaking out. As I learned it’s what happens when auto pilot is still engaged!! You stear left ... boat goes right and you can just keep turning the wheel...no stops. Whew thought I had a major problem. Ended up pulling in a navigable berth and we figured out the above. After a breather went to our assigned slip, with 20-25 mpg gust. Did well ...one bump. Ross said I’d get better using the thrusters.

 

[gwishon]

I'll be interested in what you find. Twice now we have been out running and the engine alarmed (Volvo Penta D4-260, audible beep once every ~15 seconds) but there were *no* warnings in the display panel. All other systems were nominal as well.

The first time this happened, we were close enough to our dock that we motored back slowly and turned the engine off once docked (~5 minutes between alarm and docking). We started it up again and the alarm no longer sounded.

The second time it happened, we were out on Puget Sound running ~ 8 knots. Again, no warnings on the panel and all systems appeared nominal. We stopped the engine, waited a couple of minutes, restarted and the alarm was gone.

We are vexed by this issue. It has happened twice though we have had the boat out many times *without* this happening. I called Coastal Marine where the engine was previously serviced. They weren't much help over the phone and I'm debating scheduling something with them. Before I do that, though, I wanted to follow this thread and also ask if anyone else had this issue?

This has happened to me as well. Volvo D4-260. I had just arrived over the reef I planned to fish, brought the engine to idle and then moved to engage the stern helm station. The alarm began to sound and the red/yellow exclamation mark appeared on the stern binnacle display. I moved back to the main helm station, where I was able to engage forward gear and operate the throttles normally, but the alarm at the stern station continued. I checked the Penta display for warnings/codes, none found. I then noticed the Autopilot display indicating a lost heading sensor warning and realized that I still had heading hold engaged when I came to a stop. I don’t know for sure if this was the cause of the alarm. I stopped the engine, cycled the ignition, the alarm stopped and all was well.

Gordon

 

[1Harrison]

Just a suggestion. We spent 53 days in the Broughtons last year. On the trip home just 4 miles from home the engine temperature started going crazy. At times as low as 5 degrees. So I knew it was not an actual temperature problem. Found the temperature sensor, checked the connection. The connection looked new no corrosion, and assumed the temperature sensor was bad. Stopped in Ranger and talked to Richard about getting a new sensor. Richard told me to try putting a little Electrolyte on the connection. The problem went away and has not returned. I also followed up by applying Electrolyte to all electrical connections in the engine compartment. This is now part of my spring maintenance ritual.