Hello, I have a 1997 gtx that has intermittent no spark. It will crank over but will not start. After cranking I will get one single firing after the starter kicks off. I got it to run one time and ran fine as long as I gave it throttle. It would die out if I let it idle more than 10 seconds. I tested the ignition coil, the omh reading was .5ohms which according to sea doo is within spec of .3-.6ohms, from what I've researched it sounds like it is either a bad battery not producing enough voltage for both starter and ignition system so the mpem is not allowing ignition or a bad stater and pickup. I I am leaning more towards the battery do to the fact that the pwc fires once after the stater kicks off. I did try leaving my battery on a charger for two days and the charger reads that the battery is charged, but I have never actually had it load tested. Also after about three trys of turning over engine for 15seconds each I will get low voltage warning in the cluster. Any thoughts or passed experiences on this concern would be great.
1997 Sea Doo GTX intermittent no spark
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Update to this thread, after performing multiple voltage drops and resistance tests with them all coming up good, I replace the battery and that resolved my issue. I am assuming battery had a dead cell in it and was not providing enough CCA for the starter and the MPEM to allow ignition. Put about 4hrs on it this weekend and almost a full tank of gas with new AGM battery installed and still starts up right away.
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