2000 225 Ficth Problem

[FishMoore]

Model# E225FPLSSH
Serial#G04861030
Out on the lake this mourning left for my fishing hole running about 5500 RPM, Then the RPMs started dropping off, no Enigne light or alarm. I decided to turn around before I got to far away from the launch.

Turned the engine off and restarted, but the engine only goes about 1/2 Throttle, and the boat will ot get on plane.
Idle seems smooth, but no power availbale to get on plane.
I had just changed the plugs over to the iridium champions and indexed them according to everything i,ve read.
I did have the boat out yesterday as well. Engine seemed to run fine. I did however gap the plugs at .028, but I dont think that is the problem.
Anyway, got home and pulled all of the plugs, and they looked clean.
Pulled a compression check just to make sure and all cylinders are 120-125 which i think is good, So where do i start. I do not have the diagnostic software. Is this something i should get, or just take it to the shop? I'm a fairly handy mechanic.

Thanks for any help

[ChampioNman]

You can get the diags and the cable and you'll the manual too. If your are in a rush take it to the shop. The DFI is a different beast from a carbed motor.

[Danrude]

The software is a big help and can help with problems like the one you have. It is possible that your problem is a bad TPS. The software would allow you to monitor the voltage and percent. the software and repair manual is a must as far as I am concerned.

[FishMoore]

So where is the best place to buy the software and cables. I already have a manual. Its not the shop manual thoug, its pretty good.

Thanks

[Danrude]

You can try eBay or you local BRP dealer.

[FishMoore]

I did forget to mention that the engine will rev up when its in nutrual, but it wont go when its in gear.
Does this make a difference?

Thanks
The manual i have is a clymers manual, i read through it, guess I'll start checking some things.

[FishMoore]

I went over to the storgae room this afternoon to see if i could figure wnything out on my loss of power. I checked the TPS sensor. It looks to be good. I did order the software and cables. I hope to have them next week. Anything else i should or could look into before i get the software?

[Bassmeister]

At this point, not much you can do till ya get some info from the EMM.JMHO

[Danrude]

There is not much to tell you to do if you do not have the software yet! When the TPS went out on my motor it looked good when doing a resistance check. I had to hook up the software to determine that it was bad. When you get the software running go to the engine monitoring page and look at the TPS volts and percent. when you move the TPS through it range the voltage should go to approximately 4.5V and 100 percent.

[FishMoore]

Thanks guy's, I'll let you know what i fond out next week

[FishMoore]

OK, SO i go tthe software, but i'm having problems with the comminication. I can get the static testing to work, and I can get the RPM report, but i cannot get the engine monitoring portion to work. It comes up with a message like software need updating or something like that, then sometimes it say cannot communicate. Any tricks to make the software run?

I have the 1.42B software, does it need to be run from the disk or saved on the computer then run?
I've tried both ways, nothing seems to work. Is there a certain Baud rate for the serial port that needs to be run to communicate?

thanks for the help.

Also there were a couple codes in the engine. One was to do with the oil pump. not working. Works fine on the static test though.
The other was to do with an overheat issue. Both codes cleared, but they were not recent codes from when i started having issues.

[Danrude]

Cain't help you with the software not communicating. I do run mine from the computer not the disk. The second post down is one stop shopping and there is some discussion of loading the program on computers running XP take a look and see if it helps.

[Bassmeister]

I had to have my software booted to run on DOS as I had the windows xp program. I still get a not communicating sometimes, I can usually unplug the connector @ the motor and replug it and get it to work. Hope that helps.

[FishMoore]

Is there anyway to boot in dos if you dont have a floppy drive? I only have a CD drive and a CD.

Thanks

[ChampioNman]

I'd ditch the clymers and get a bonafide OMC manual from your dealer. From what I remember there was a suppliment to go with the 2000 MY. I'll bet the old guy can verify that.

[e-tec]

The drive ain't got nothing to do with it. The program wants a computer that operates in a DOS environment. The part you want to run will not work with XP (No DOS). Windows 95 had a limited DOS component and it may work with that (I doubt it). I had to partition my drive and install DOS on that partition since I had XP and boot up in DOS. Totally screwed up my laptop but the software ran fine. I would get a later version of the software that will work with your computer IMO. I had a 99' 225 that finally bit the dust this spring. I don't care what anybody says, that was one sweet running, economical, fuel sipping engine.

[FishMoore]

I did actually get a later version of the software. What a waste of time and money buying the older 1.42b.
Anyway, did not find anything unsual with the software. I did talk to the previous owner of the engine(bear21211), great guy by the way. He will go out of his way to help any way he can. He said he did have an issue with the fuel filter getting plug and the engine not wanting to run. So, that's what i will try when i get home next week.
Stay tuned.

[FishMoore]

Well, I finally got time to work on the boat this weekend. I put a new Primer bulb in and replaced the fuel filter/ water strainer and took it to the lake not really expecting anything to have changed.

Low and behold the engine ran like a top. So, right now i am leaning toward the filter being fowled, plugged whatever. It's fixed and running great. Just go to show, check the common things first and keep up with the maintinance.

Thanks for the help everyone.

[e-tec]

Great!

[Bassmeister]

GOOD DEAL!!!