Repair for Dead Gauges on 2003-2006 Nautiques Caused by Bad Faria Gateway

[DW SD]

I have been buying replacement gauges for my 2001 from speedhut.com You can customize their gauges for about $100 each for the 2” and a bit more for 4” maybe $125 for the tach.

I had them build a tach and temp gauge using similar black background, font, trim ring and sweep to my original Faria.
This might be an option for some.

They have a matching gps speedometer.
I’m guessing this will be more cost effective for most. And of higher quality.

Doug


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[1992rs/ss]

So this may be promising:
http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.c...rod/prd837.htm

it may be able to convert our speedo to GPS. I have two questions though:

1) does anyone have a picture of how the wires go into the speedometer on the back? My boat is about 2 hours from me right now and I can't pull the dash. What I am wanting to see is did they bring just one plug into the back of the gauge for all its functions or did they separate the digital read out from the speedometer input? If its all in one its not a deal killer, but makes for a bigger pain in the butt to splice in the signal.

2) I am guessing I need to talk to Faria here, but what sort of signal is the gauge looking for? As noted in the literature this module is capable of a lot of different outputs, but need to know what its looking for

[SAYoung68]

I have a 2003 226 Sport. I just dewinterized it and the analog oil pressure gauge and the speedo (including the digital) aren't working nor do they have lights. Everything else is working. Is this likely the gateway box issue or something more simple? Is the gateway box below the kick panel on the drivers side?

Thanks in advance.

[Skidave]

My 2003 fuel gauge crapped out this winter too. I know it is the gauge. It won't servo and just clicks. Garage kept and worked perfectly when put away.

Check your grounds at the gateway and make sure your serial bus cables to your gauges are seated properly.

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[Skidave]

Well, must have been a low battery voltage or cold weather. Charged the battery and ran the boat on the hose to get it ready for the season on our first nice Spring day. No gauge problems.

Good to go for now...

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[Morningstar]

Where is the gateway located? The oil pressure, voltage and gas gauge work intermittently on my 04 SANTE.


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[Beach-TJ]

Where is the gateway located? The oil pressure, voltage and gas gauge work intermittently on my 04 SANTE.


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Top center of the transom, in the engine compartment.

Some people think there are analog guages in these boats, but there all digital.. The speedometer and tach, for example, are digital and just look analog.

[danfear]

Removed my gateway box for winter following all the advise on this site. My 2003 Ski Nautique is stored under cover but could freeze so thought it best.
Any advice when re commissioning at the start of the season? Can the seals be replaced where the pitot tubes connect?


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[tgi100]

I recently had this same issue on a 2005 Limited 216 where my four smaller gauges quit working. The two larger gauges worked fine and I could scroll through the menu and read temperature, pressure etc. The small gauges had no lights but two large ones did.

Following the advice in this post, I looked at the Faria box but rather found it to be bone dry. I then took chance and bought a new fuel gauge. That fixed the problem and it has worked ever since for about a year now with no issue. I am now considering buying the other 3.

Bottom line: is there another possibility that these gauges all fail at about the same age and hour-use? This failure was correlated with a long trailer ride in wet conditions... Not sure if anyone else has a similar story.

[Shawn Henderson]

My 06 gauges are going too. The speedo stoped working along with the depth finder and fuel gauge. However yesterday after being on the water all day the depth finder did start working for about 15min before sticking at 5' so I restarted the boat and it once again showed nothing on the display. The temp and oil pressure work more so than not but its still hit and miss. All these gauges went out at once as they worked fine when I parked it in my garage for the winter. I upgraded the Perfect pass last year so I went ahed and ordered the gateway delete from Nautique Parts today. Don't forget to use the discount code if you order one too I was pleasantly surprised with the amount of the discount!

[Shawn Henderson]

Hopefully this marks the end to my gauge problems

[NKeith]

Shawn,

I recently purchased the same set for my 2006 220 SANTE. Any issues with your install? Also was your Gateway box in your engine compartment, I have not located it yet.

-Neil

[jkallen21]

@tgi100 - my digital volt gauge doesn't work normally and the light doesn't come on either. However, after a hot day in the sun, the gauge will work. So yes, I believe the gauges can have problems beyond the Faria box and moisture is one of those problems. I disassembled my volt gauge (very difficult) and there was nothing exciting to see. So I inserted a silica packet in the void space at the bottom and reassembled. Haven't tested it yet.

[phillid]

I had trouble with my gauges (entire dash actually) this weekend and had the buzzing alarm going consistently while pulling the kids tubing. I kept running anyways as I had oil pressure, voltage and water circulating. Was nervous as I had lost both engine temp gauges. Intermittent issues with my gauges have been around for some time now. Read this thread and investigated my gateway. Had water dripping out of the box so took it apart as described here. Had some corrosion within the circuit board, not everywhere but enough to be concerned. So cleaned it up as best I could and put it back together. Dumped the boat in tonight, she started right up, left it on the trailer for 5-10 minutes to ensure consistent operation. Had readings on all gauges so backed her off the trailer and put it to the test for 15-20 minutes. Ran great with all gauges responding and reading.

I am NOT hooking the speedo pitot tubes back up to the box, have them plugged and will use perfect pass for speed. These boats aren't made for speed anyway.

So happy right now. Thanks to the great advice and instruction from this group of guys. Well done!!

[NKeith]

Where was the gateway box located, I am about to do the cross over kit on my 06 220 SANTE.