I recently acquired this 2004 366 with a Kohler 7.3e genny. My old boat (‘92) you had to shut off shore power, turn off the boat a/c breakers, fire up the genny, after a couple min turn the a/c breakers back on. With this boat, the previous owner said I didn’t have to do any of that and can just fire it up and everything switches over.
A. Is this correct? If not, what is the proper procedure?
B. If so, should I shut off breakers on shut down?
C. When I do crank the genny from the dc panel I hear a loud clicking from behind the panel until the genny fires up. Is that normal? I’m guessing it’s relays that take over once the power is flowing?
D. I also checked the oil before firing it up and it’s red…is that normal? Manual said just use 10w30 and that’s not red.
E. Last question. Maybe. The muffler is a water lift and exits below the water line in the middle of the hull and I guess the rest exits toward the swim platform. With the water exiting under the boat, how do I know if I’m getting good water flow?