2008 GTX 155 Not Starting

[kellymit]

Hello all.

I have a 2008 Sea Doo GTX 155 that won't start. I put this away last season, and of course it has ran perfect.

I have a fully charged battery that has been load tested and is completely a good battery still (directly from boat place). I put the key in and it beeps just like it should and it shows no errors on the screen. I just the start button and the starter runs for a half of a second to a second and then shuts off. It won't stay on long enough to start the machine.

Is this a relay issue? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[KK40384]

That my friend is a bad battery. I had the same issue with mine. Would have just enough juice to crank it over once maybe twice then it would stop. Battery tested ok too.

 

[Coastiejoe]

I also think it is a bad battery based on your description.

If you have a volt meter I bet the volts drop to 10 or lower when you are trying to crank the engine...

 

[kellymit]

Thank you both for the updates. This morning I took the boat battery from my pontoon, and tried to start it with that. Used jumper cables from the two terminals in the jet ski to the battery. This time I only heard the solenoid make the noise and the starter didn't even want to fire. So, I hooked back up the jet ski battery and now that also does the same thing, just the solenoid click.

Now I am even more confused. Could this actually be a starter issue? I am going to look a parts blow up to see how I test and see if power is going to the starter. Any suggestions?

Thank you.

 

[KK40384]

If the battery in the jetski was still hooked up all you managed to do is jumping a good battery to a bad one, which is not going to get you anywhere. I'm 100% convinced you have a bad battery.

 

[Coastiejoe]

I also agree. Can't normally jump a bad battery.

 

[smc0922]

Take the battery to autozone or the like, they will test it for free usually. But do make sure your battery cable connections are cleaned up as well.

 

[kellymit]

Thank you for everyone's help. The battery wasn't hooked up in the jet ski when I was using the boat battery.

Turns out I think I was loosing power over the jumper cables.

I replaced battery with a new glass at one and it started instantly!!!!!!!!! Thank you again everyone.