It was the night before Halloween and our engine panel appeared to show signs of paranormal activity.
Despite being turned off and the key removed, shortly before midnight I noticed that the instruments on the engine panel where on. This was odd because the key was not in the ignition switch and there was no clicking of the fuel pump. Yet, the instruments were eerily glowing red (of course)...
So, I got the key, turned the ignition switch on and off and the instrument lights (RPM, Water Temp, etc.) went off. However, less than minute later, the panel was glowing again!
Since I was not about to have my boat commandeered by spirits, I disconnected the cable from starter battery to the engine. The engine panel light remained off, we remained in the slip, and the Gaulois did not join the ghost ship fleet.
Considering the time of year, ghost can not be completely ruled out. However, recently the ignition switch had been acting fussy and I suspect that could be the source of the problem. But I'm interested in other diagnosis so that I can exorcise the problem.
PS - Engine is as M25XP and the wire harness was upgraded.
Despite being turned off and the key removed, shortly before midnight I noticed that the instruments on the engine panel where on. This was odd because the key was not in the ignition switch and there was no clicking of the fuel pump. Yet, the instruments were eerily glowing red (of course)...
So, I got the key, turned the ignition switch on and off and the instrument lights (RPM, Water Temp, etc.) went off. However, less than minute later, the panel was glowing again!
Since I was not about to have my boat commandeered by spirits, I disconnected the cable from starter battery to the engine. The engine panel light remained off, we remained in the slip, and the Gaulois did not join the ghost ship fleet.
Considering the time of year, ghost can not be completely ruled out. However, recently the ignition switch had been acting fussy and I suspect that could be the source of the problem. But I'm interested in other diagnosis so that I can exorcise the problem.
PS - Engine is as M25XP and the wire harness was upgraded.