bradmagnus
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Hi I just bought a Speedster (its the 155 NA). I've had it out on the water 3 times now.
The 1st time, was flawless (just like the test drive).
The 2nd time the launch was great and most of the day, but after parking to swim and eat for an hour I couldn't get it to start. Got towed back into the ramp (very slowly no water in the exhaust). I thought I had killed the battery so I put it on the charger. A few days later after the charge, I started it several times in the driveway and everything seemed fine.
3rd time out, started flawlessly on the launch, plus a couple more times, then on the last time before heading in, the crank took 3 attempts to start. I took it to O'Reilly's they did a battery, starter, and alternator test, of course on the trailer again. Flawless starts, battery and starter passed, I couldn't run it long enough to get all the way through alternator test, but was charging at 13v. Back at home I hooked up hose and did several more test starts on the trailer, about 10, letting it run less than 4 minutes at a time and letting it cool in between, following the manual's guidelines. I took it out to the ramp to do a few more test starts on the trailer but in the water.
All that to say attached is a video from the ramp where the starter hesitated, but then a few seconds later did start. The hesitation is what I experienced on day 2, but didn't turn over. What should I do from here? Obviously it's not a lot of fun being out on the water when you aren't confident in your ability to get back to the ramp
and my wife is going to be pissed if we have to get towed again...
The 1st time, was flawless (just like the test drive).
The 2nd time the launch was great and most of the day, but after parking to swim and eat for an hour I couldn't get it to start. Got towed back into the ramp (very slowly no water in the exhaust). I thought I had killed the battery so I put it on the charger. A few days later after the charge, I started it several times in the driveway and everything seemed fine.
3rd time out, started flawlessly on the launch, plus a couple more times, then on the last time before heading in, the crank took 3 attempts to start. I took it to O'Reilly's they did a battery, starter, and alternator test, of course on the trailer again. Flawless starts, battery and starter passed, I couldn't run it long enough to get all the way through alternator test, but was charging at 13v. Back at home I hooked up hose and did several more test starts on the trailer, about 10, letting it run less than 4 minutes at a time and letting it cool in between, following the manual's guidelines. I took it out to the ramp to do a few more test starts on the trailer but in the water.
All that to say attached is a video from the ramp where the starter hesitated, but then a few seconds later did start. The hesitation is what I experienced on day 2, but didn't turn over. What should I do from here? Obviously it's not a lot of fun being out on the water when you aren't confident in your ability to get back to the ramp
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