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Closing the loop here. My diagnosis was correct - the alarm module was bad. I took it to my mechanic with my learning/evidence and he agreed. The replacement was $500 ($350 for the part - parts on old motors are expensive). Runs great now!

I just refinished a few wood items on my boat (Outrage 20) with teak oil. I really like it. Water beads, easy to redo, looks great.

HTH.

Matt--last October and November I was in the same situation as you: water in the tank from some unknown source. There were four corrosion holes the size of a pencil erasure up near the fill and vent hoses, right in between the two. Water got in the tank when it rained. My go-to shop guess-etimated $...

I just bought a replacement tank for a 1989 Outrage 20 - from Atlantic Costal Welding. Even with shipping I couldn't get the same tank for the same price from anybody in Seattle, Tacoma, Bellingham, Bremerton. Each has significant boating/shipping industry. I highly recommend them. They had the stoc...

I thought it might be tough to follow. I've attached a scan of the diagram. [I substituted a cleaner version of the diagram. I edited your description to include notations of the callout designators of the circuit components--jimh] My engine is just like this. http://continuouswave.com/forum/downloa...

John - thanks as always for the continued advice. You're absolutely right - these are frustrating problems... I should have posted again mid-last week. I had read in my manual about testing the heat sensor. It tests fine - no continuity when cold, only when hot. I also confirmed this by disconnectin...

Thanks for the reference. It's valuable material. Though I didn't state it, I had read it before. My alarm module is more/less the same as item #10 in the diagram. Only differences are that mine's on top of the engine, and the brown wire in the diagram to the temp sensor - mine is brown with a blue ...

Jim, how do I test the alarm module? I bought a Seloc manual yesterday, but it doesn't provide any details that I can find about testing the module or the alarm. It only really says what the alarms mean - overheating and oil. However, I did find an article that described troubleshooting for the sing...

Thanks for the pointers. I'll take a look this weekend. I'm pretty well versed at the 'stuffing the torso' part. This makes the second time I've rewired the console. The first time was debugging the rat nest of wires trying to figure out various components quit working...

Hi folks. I need some help diagnosing [the cause of] an alarm in a 1989 Outrage 20 with a 1994 Mercury 200-HP xRI. The engine is cold. I turn the key to ON. I get continuous single tone alarm--BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP. Normally this is a temperature overheating alarm, but the engine is cold. The engine will ...