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Old 23 August 2011, 22:13   #1
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resetting system faults on smartcraft instruments

ooops, got some water in the fuel filter, so emptied it out, and changed the small blue sensor on the bottom and refitted. Only problem is the instruments still tell me I have a fault.

Is there any way other than getting it plugged into a laptop that I can clear the system faults?

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Old 23 August 2011, 22:25   #2
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Have you cleared the water from the fuel pump?
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Have you cleared the water from the fuel pump?
I dont know on that one...How you do that? I have taken the filter off, swilled around with petrol and replaced the blue sensor plug.
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Scrub that you must have an early model, the later models have a water sensor in the base of the fuel pump / vapour separator, however once water has been cleared from the sensor in the fuel filter the gauges should clear.
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Scrub that you must have an early model, the later models have a water sensor in the base of the fuel pump / vapour separator, however once water has been cleared from the sensor in the fuel filter the gauges should clear.
Mine is 2007/8 mercury...its a little screw in blue plug on the bottom of the fuel filter
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http://www.mercurymarine.com/_media/...tor_Manual.pdf

Don't see anything about resetting faults, other than a master reset. I'd suspect whatever triggered the fault indication is still there.


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cant be, i m running it off an external tank at the mo to be on the safe side
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Have you tried draining the Vapor Seperator? Im guessing you have water in there still. If it still playing up im in Plymouth tomorrow sorting out another optimax, give me a call!
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Have you tried draining the Vapor Seperator? Im guessing you have water in there still. If it still playing up im in Plymouth tomorrow sorting out another optimax, give me a call!
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Where is that located? is that the one located next to the fuel filter?
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Its at the front of the engine bottom right corner!. Big brass plug with a flat screw driver slot in it.
Item 25 in the attachment.
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Its at the front of the engine bottom right corner!. Big brass plug with a flat screw driver slot in it.
Item 25 in the attachment.
Got it, but its stiff as buggery to turn, is that normal or should I spray a bit of wd on it? Dont want to balls it up
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