I just recently flooded my jetski with water by accident and im trying to start it back up again and im out of luck. i've taken out the plugs and blew out all of the water, but some lube inside so it doesnt rust or seize. I blew out my solenoid from starting it so much and now i have just replaced it with a brand new one and i know its wired correctly. When i go to press the start button, it doesnt make a sound. not even a clicking sound. nothing. and the battery is fully charged and its load tested positive. any help please? thanks!
1994 550 problem
- Thread starter jsfanatic
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- Ahwahnee, CA
Can you turn the ski over by hand withy the park plugs out?
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- Ahwahnee, CA
1st get a good insulated screw driver and touch both sides of the exposed solenoid to see if the start stop switch is acting up. If nothing happens double check your grounds. Then if nothing happens
try to bypass the start stop switch and solenoid and see If then starter will engage directly. If you fried the solenoid from excessive starting chances are the starter may be damaged.
try to bypass the start stop switch and solenoid and see If then starter will engage directly. If you fried the solenoid from excessive starting chances are the starter may be damaged.
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- Fullerton,CA
Starter needs to be rebuilt i had the same problem and $40 laters im in the water!
Are you sure the motor and Ebox are properly grounded? If you were cranking it excessively, you could have easily cooked a ground wire or have a bad ground connection. Any chance you are getting a false positive from the battery? This happened to me last week. I was sure it was a bad solenoid. Symptoms were exactly the same as yours. It turned out to be the battery despite it being only two months old and reading 12 volts on my tester.
If you arc the solenoid with a screw driver, as stated above by Kohld..... , you completely bypass the ebox. No need to replace ebox right now, as that is not your problem.
If you arc the solenoid with a screw driver, as stated above by Kohld..... , you completely bypass the ebox. No need to replace ebox right now, as that is not your problem.
I vote grounds, I even put an extra ground from my starter mount holes to the engine block where the ground wire connects.