Backstory: When I first bought Polaris three years ago I used to always get the low oil pressure warning horn when I turned the key on. The sound would go away once the motor was started and oil pressure came up to normal. Just as it was supposed to. But then at some point several months later the warning horn went away. Did a little digging and couldn't find the issue. A few months later I overheated the motor (that sort of thing happens when you run the motor without the raw water through-hull open... ). Anyways when that happened I go no warning horn...but I did get the light. So I replaced the horn. But still no low oil pressure warning tones. I just sort of forgot about it.
Yesterday couldn't get the motor to start. Pushed the starter button and nothing happened. Did some troubleshooting and poking around by the solenoid and found some disconnected wires and what I think is a circuit breaker where they were attached. Looks like the two wires were connected together on one terminal of the circuit breaker and the other terminal was connected to the ignition solenoid (or maybe the electric fuel pump???).
Anyway, I stripped those two wires and wired them together to see what happens. Lo and behold I now get the low oil pressure warning horn when I turn the key on.
So here is a picture of what I think is a circuit breaker. The two wires (both are green on my boat) went to the one terminal and that flat connector was connected to the terminal on the solenoid (or fuel pump...now I am not sure where I took it from).
I seem to recall that there is some sort of safety setup on the MX25 so that if you lose oil pressure the engine will shut down. But not quite sure about that.
Can anyone offer some explanation? Is that indeed a circuit breaker and is it 15amp? I found a replacement 15amp. How/where should it be connected?
Thanks for any info.
Cheers,
Jim
Yesterday couldn't get the motor to start. Pushed the starter button and nothing happened. Did some troubleshooting and poking around by the solenoid and found some disconnected wires and what I think is a circuit breaker where they were attached. Looks like the two wires were connected together on one terminal of the circuit breaker and the other terminal was connected to the ignition solenoid (or maybe the electric fuel pump???).
Anyway, I stripped those two wires and wired them together to see what happens. Lo and behold I now get the low oil pressure warning horn when I turn the key on.
So here is a picture of what I think is a circuit breaker. The two wires (both are green on my boat) went to the one terminal and that flat connector was connected to the terminal on the solenoid (or fuel pump...now I am not sure where I took it from).
I seem to recall that there is some sort of safety setup on the MX25 so that if you lose oil pressure the engine will shut down. But not quite sure about that.
Can anyone offer some explanation? Is that indeed a circuit breaker and is it 15amp? I found a replacement 15amp. How/where should it be connected?
Thanks for any info.
Cheers,
Jim
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