Grounded my 2008 Sea-doo Sportster boat on some just below the surface rocks the other day. When I got it off the rocks and tried to resume, I could not get any thrust, and then engine alarms and warnings came on ... when I opened the engine hatch it looked smokey. So got towed back, before causing further damage ... figuring there would be some good repairs needed. Surprisingly the hull just has some minor gelcoat scratches, and I had to clear out a mass of weeds rooted in rocks than got sucked up, that may have simply caused the jet not to suck water and something to overheat.
But when clearing the mess, and trying to start it on the driveway, the engine would not turn. Long story short: after trying all kinds of things I noticed that if I turn the battery knob ON WHILE THE KEY IS INSERTED ... everything in the display looks fine but hitting the engine start button makes some sounds but no turnover. If I first turn the battery knob to ON, and then insert the key, works every time! (reproduced it 20 times each way) ... I never noticed this before???
Now it is logical that when you go boating, you turn on the power first, then put the boat in the water, and then put in the key when you get in the boat. But is this normal? Did anybody else notice this? Or do I have some kind of problem?
But when clearing the mess, and trying to start it on the driveway, the engine would not turn. Long story short: after trying all kinds of things I noticed that if I turn the battery knob ON WHILE THE KEY IS INSERTED ... everything in the display looks fine but hitting the engine start button makes some sounds but no turnover. If I first turn the battery knob to ON, and then insert the key, works every time! (reproduced it 20 times each way) ... I never noticed this before???
Now it is logical that when you go boating, you turn on the power first, then put the boat in the water, and then put in the key when you get in the boat. But is this normal? Did anybody else notice this? Or do I have some kind of problem?
