gulshome
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Hey all- hoping someone here has some insight, i find little to no real knowledge of Vortex details out there in the googleverse.
tl;dr: I have a twin 200hp rotax 1503 Vortex VRX - only the port engine is throwing codes - seems to be injector or ECM related (0201,0202,0203), and can find NOTHING about p1030. I've found several code lists that call it ECM Heater, I'm stumped as to what that means. My story begins below...
Boat is 5 y/o had been mostly great so far (O2 sensors went, had a leak in the exhaust, and a dead touchscreen - the Medallion system, all repaired under warranty). Batteries are the original and I noticed the port isn't holding a charge as well as it used to. I did an oil change, was going to have the dealer take care of the battery install - i haven't had much free time. I started it up yesterday, and the port stalled. At this point it posted all those codes (0201, 0202, 0203, 1030), and I noticed the voltmeter was showing down round 11v. I assumed the battery died and the ECM (or Medallion garbage) was unhappy. Got new batteries, replaced them both - I bought the Candoo Pro as well - and was able to clear all the fault codes. She started right up. Let it idle for about 5 mins, and stopped it. Just to be sure things look swell, I started her back up and the port threw all the codes again. Quit for the day after that - assuming that it may need to be plugged into shore power (have a Promarine battery charger installed) - maybe those "new" batteries were sitting on the shelf for a bit and need topping off. I'm stumped. Was hoping to take her out tomorrow, but it's not looking good.
If that was insult to injury - I removed the "key" that goes on the cut-off switch by the throttle, and stepped on it - hoping superglue cures it, but if not, anyone know where to get another? I assume in the current state of all things Vortex that may be a difficult task.
Thanks in advance for any help! I'm exhausted at the moment, if I forgot any relevant deets to solve this please just shout.
tl;dr: I have a twin 200hp rotax 1503 Vortex VRX - only the port engine is throwing codes - seems to be injector or ECM related (0201,0202,0203), and can find NOTHING about p1030. I've found several code lists that call it ECM Heater, I'm stumped as to what that means. My story begins below...
Boat is 5 y/o had been mostly great so far (O2 sensors went, had a leak in the exhaust, and a dead touchscreen - the Medallion system, all repaired under warranty). Batteries are the original and I noticed the port isn't holding a charge as well as it used to. I did an oil change, was going to have the dealer take care of the battery install - i haven't had much free time. I started it up yesterday, and the port stalled. At this point it posted all those codes (0201, 0202, 0203, 1030), and I noticed the voltmeter was showing down round 11v. I assumed the battery died and the ECM (or Medallion garbage) was unhappy. Got new batteries, replaced them both - I bought the Candoo Pro as well - and was able to clear all the fault codes. She started right up. Let it idle for about 5 mins, and stopped it. Just to be sure things look swell, I started her back up and the port threw all the codes again. Quit for the day after that - assuming that it may need to be plugged into shore power (have a Promarine battery charger installed) - maybe those "new" batteries were sitting on the shelf for a bit and need topping off. I'm stumped. Was hoping to take her out tomorrow, but it's not looking good.
If that was insult to injury - I removed the "key" that goes on the cut-off switch by the throttle, and stepped on it - hoping superglue cures it, but if not, anyone know where to get another? I assume in the current state of all things Vortex that may be a difficult task.
Thanks in advance for any help! I'm exhausted at the moment, if I forgot any relevant deets to solve this please just shout.