Cabo 40 w Zeus pods- drive pressure fault

[wexblast]

Hello. I was headed offshore at 3:30am out of Charleston Harbor today and halfway to the jetty we lost steering. The fault was “1- drive pressure sensor fault”. We had this happen before and the mechanics that performed the 1000hr service were able to clear it and it’s been good for about 2 months. <br /><br />

Some issues I am observing in addition to the lack of steering and the fault-

1.  Starboard pod stuck at 18 degrees to port 
2. joystick works but the boat can’t perform the desired task 
3. skyhook sends the boat into warp speed donut mode (super interesting at 4am in the channel)
4. all fluids are the same as they were when we made the run from savannah to Charleston averaging 23-25 knots 

Any information or ideas helps. This is a problem where I don’t know where to start. The second photo posted was a picture of what I had to do on the way back to the marina in order to maintain a consistent heading. Given the cockeyed pod I had to compensate with the port throttle. Stbd gear pressure remained pretty consistent. I did notice a drop to 275 but it came back up right away. 

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[Dave N.]

How did you resolve this?<br />I’m getting the same error code…

[wexblast]

Manuals

That morning I immersed myself in the manuals   I found the locations and functions of the 5 pressure sensors on each pod. 2 for trim 2 for steering and 1 that seems to be the drive sensor. Will the g3 computer supplied by the tech coming tomorrow tell me if a sensor is bad or should I just get the sensor (10 in stock at marine max Atlanta) and try it?  OR do I swap sensors to different positions to try and pin down the bad one?  I’m hesitant to start jamming on that pod. 

[Tony Athens]

How good is your collection of ZEUS Tech manuals?  That’s where I’d start unless you can find a tech guy that really knows the system without figuring it out on your wallet.

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