2001 Yamaha LS 2000 trouble

[T74BURTON]

Hi guys,

My husband and I are new to owning a boat (2001 Yamaha Ls2000). We purchased it about 3 weeks ago, boat had 2 new engines just installed. (How can you go wrong from there - right). It ran great the first 2 trips on the water. By the third trip, the boat was starboard engine started stalling at 3 RPM's and the gas light came on (even through we had a fuel tank of gas and oil). Husband replaced Fuel filters and Spark plugs. Last week, the starboard motor completely died on the water. Now, the Starboard Engine will not turn over....it just clicks.

Thoughts?
Thanks!

 

[the MfM]

The light on the gas gauge is for low oil. The float in the oil tank is known to get oil soaked and sink even though it’s full. So don’t worry about the light, just make sure the tank is full.

Clicking could just be from a loose Cable connection at the starter. Make sure the engine ground and positive cables are well connected at the starter and battery.

Or maybe a bad starter. But with the recent engine replacement I’d guess a loose connection.

 

[OCMD]

Ha ha unless they were SBT engines, which will fail within the first 40 hours. But my guess was the filters but this was ruled out. Has to be a loose connection, or possibly the engine hatch shut off being loose. I remember taping a nickel on it just to make sure it closed every time out. It is a great boat, once you figure this out. By the way just use the cheap fuel filters you can buy at walmart and keep a few on board. They do get clogged often and bog things down. As you now know it is an easy swicth out on the water. Keep us posted.