Put in at a local lake yesterday, and upon launching, I was moving my boat to the curtsey dock. About the time I reached the dock, and alarm went off, Vessel View showed it was a low oil warning. I checked the tank in the bilge area and it was low, but still about 1/3 full, ( I know, I know I shouldn't have let it get that low). Since I didn't have any oil in the truck, i went ahead and loaded back up and headed home. At home I filled the reservoir, put muffs on the motor, and cranked it up and the low oil warning started blaring again. I removed the cowling, and noticed that the engine connected oil tank was about 3/4 full. I researched and saw a video which said to bleed the system by opening the small oil tank screw tab on top and running the engine, the tank would refill itself. So I tried bleeding the system, and let the engine run for approximately 5 minutes and no oil moved into the engine tank and there was also no drop in the level of oil in the tank. The engine is a 2018 Mercury Pro XS 200.
First any ideas of what may be causing the issue. And also where do I start trying to find the problem and fix the issue, or would I be better off taking it to a mechanic to fix the issue.
Serial number: 2B529269
I'm sure there's suppose to be another hose connected here, but I've had this boat since 2019 and it has always been like this, and never had any problems until now.
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