mcfadden0905
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Okay so i'll start off with a little background. I just purchased this seadoo. The previous owner believes that it needs a new starter. It was running fine, then he wasn't able to start it one day. he replaced the starter with a rebuilt starter from a local shop (does not look like OEM, there's no markings just black) and he also replaced the starter solenoid. Said it started up fine again, ran it 5-6 more times and again he believes the starter went. Now, when I hit the the starter button I get one clunk sound, with the airbox off and looking right at the starter you can see that it sparks when trying to start (cluck). also occasionally get a little smoke. The spark appears to be coming from the body of the starter itself not from the positive or negative terminal. Also to be noted I do not get any beeps when connecting the DESS to the post. I opened the box to the starter solenoid and noticed there was a little mucky water in there. cleaned it out, cleaned all the terminals in there and put some dielectric grease on all connections. Still getting the same result. Am going to change out the 15A fuse in there when i can get to the store and get a new one. Anyone have a similar issue, could the new starter be bad already? if a second starter has gone is there something else potentially causing it to go?