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MOBrien
08-01-2004, 02:42 PM
Does anyone have educated ideas on what a STEADY alert beep means? I've got a 2000 Cheetah Stiletto with a bone stock Mercruiser 7.4 MPI. Ww were out on the lake this weekend and the alert chirper began going off. This was at idle and stayed steady for quite a while. Oil gauge looked ok, temp gauge looked ok, nothing sounded or felt wrong. After a while it stopped and we high-tailed it back to the ramp. While idling around waiting for the trailer, it started again and would not stop so I shut the motor down. As soon as I saw the trailer I fired it up and the steady shrill continued until I got it to the trailer.
We've had the boat for about 5 months and put about 35 hours on it with flawless operation...until this continual shrill from the alert mechanism under the dash.
Anyone encountered this before & what was the issue/outcome?
Thanks for any help!
-MOB

laramysultra
08-01-2004, 02:49 PM
Check the Drive Oil Bottle

MOBrien
08-01-2004, 02:53 PM
Same advice that was just posted on "cats-n-tunnels"
Thanks laramysultra. I'm going to check it now.

mike37
08-02-2004, 04:19 PM
Originally posted by laramysultra
Check the Drive Oil Bottle
that would be my gess to