Dealer Say's MPEM is DEAD??

[deerslayer303]

Hello Everyone,

I bought this 98 Speedster 1600 on Tuesday, now I knew full well it had a problem but I thought the price was good enough so I bought it and planned to fix it (boy do I wish I would have ran away from this one) While the boat looks fantastic, it pass a compression test (150psi on all cyl, both motors) but no spark to either engine. Well after research I knew something was up with this DESS KEY. I did get the motors to fire up and run for appox 2 minutes after I swapped in a new battery, then they died and nothing. I took it to the dealer on Wednesday, and they just called me today with the HORRIBLE NEWS, They said the MPEM has lost all of its INTERNAL MEMORY and a new MPEM is in order at the tune of 1,630.35 :banghead: Plus the labor to program it to the key or whatever. So all told they say it will be in the neighborhood of 1800.00 bones. Is there a cheaper way or do I part this sucker out or what? Thank you in advance, Shawn

 

[RFoster130]

Read up and maybe you can fix it yourself. There is a member here who repairs them.

 

[RFoster130]

Here ya go, check with him and see what he can do for you.

http://seadooforum.com/member.php?u=3210

 

[timmyboy76]

cant see it being the MPEM, if you got it to fire..Sounds like a 50-100 dollar fix..new landyard/post.

 

[glenwhitt]

Yes. Have it checked by someone else. If mpem is bad and beyond repair you could look for used on ebay or something. You may also be able to replace the mpem with an msd ingnition. I confirmed they could completely replace mine. Turned out i did not need one but if so i think i would have went down this road. You loose the dess part but for $550.00 for a new programable ingnition..... I could have lived without the dess for sure.

Lok at post 32 in link below
http://www.seadooforum.com/showthread.php?t=14788&page=2

 

[timmyboy76]

Yes. Have it checked by someone else. If mpem is bad and beyond repair you could look for used on ebay or something. You may also be able to replace the mpem with an msd ingnition. I confirmed they could completely replace mine. Turned out i did not need one but if so i think i would have went down this road. You loose the dess part but for $550.00 for a new programable ingnition..... I could have lived without the dess for sure.

Lok at post 32 in link below
http://www.seadooforum.com/showthread.php?t=14788&page=2

What up glenn..sounds like ur hav'n fun now with boat...:hurray:

Only prob, with that route on his boat, is that he'll need 2 of them...:ack:

 

[glenwhitt]

yes i am having some fun this summer. heading to lake in the morning with my son. She is running really good now.

I see you got a new one also. Looks nice

I forgot about the dual engines. Oh well, just an idea. They do not even make an mpem for mine anyomore.