Today while out in my boat, I started the engine and I noticed a significant amount of smoke came out right after it fired up. At first I thought it was just because of the cold weather and the warm exhaust, but the wind was blowing in the right direction and it was obviously a strong oil smell? Never did it before, and upon starting it probably another four or five times throughout the day, never did it again. What would cause this?

Another question is, I’m guessing unrelated, at least I hope it is, most the time when I turn the key on there will be a small beep on the first click of the key before I turn the motor over. Probably half of the time, that beep does not sound, what is the beat representing and is there a problem if it doesn’t do it each time? Boat and motor is only a few months old. Everything seems to be running fine, water pressure is good, no engine problems or shut downs or anything. Thx