2005 RXP problem

[jpeck]

Hi guys. I have 85hrs on her. Just put in the water after a long winter.

Here's my problem. Ran it around for about an hour and everything was fine.
Came back to the hoist,and shut it down and pulled the teather off.However, i could hear a winning sound like a fuel pump or something electrical still on.

I pulled the ground off the battery and the sound went away.

Went to reconnect the ground but as soon as it made contact the engine would start to turn over..Strange thing is that the teather is not even connected.

Any clues before I take it back to the dealer?

 

[Michael211_2000]

Start switch is stuck perhaps? Take the chrome cover apart and check the little switch inside. It may be that the red Start button is stuck down keeping the switch depressed. Lubricate the Start button with a little silicone spray.

- Michael

 

[Michael211_2000]

Oooh... wait a minute though! Without the lanyard key on the DESS post, it still shouldn't engage the starter even if the Start button was stuck.

Do you know where your starter relay is? I'm betting it's failed internally and is sending power to starter full time and not just when it get's signal! I bet your starter relay has shorted out inside.

Try unplugging the little wire harness that plugs into the socket of your starter relay and then hook up the battery cable again... if it still tries to activate your starter, even without the signal wire harness plugged in, then you need a new starter relay! Otherwise the problem must lie somewhere else in the electronics... but without that signal wire harness plugged in the relay should NOT send power to the starter no matter what! If it does, it's shorted out internally and must be replaced.

- Michael

 

[jpeck]

Thanks,I'll give that a try..FWI. I replaced the starter relay last fall because of an intermitant starting problem.

 

[jpeck]

Michael Thanks. I unpluged the two wire harness at the relay and she still turned over.

Next I wacked on it a couple of times with a pair of pliers and that fixed it.

Now I'm wondering if I again have a bad relay that has less then an hour on it?

 

[Michael211_2000]

BINGO! Stuck relay. There is a moving part in that thing you know. I'd have another relay on hand... maybe go ahead and swap it out, keep this one as an emergency spare. You don't want it tearing up your starter after all, starter relay is cheap and easy to replace starter is EXPENSIVE OTOH.

ps. I love our American ingenuity... if it won't work, wack it a few times with a pair of pliers! The Chinese can't beat that! LOL!

- Michael