Is my starter solenoid bad? Seadoo 587 motor.

[cowsgonemadd3]

I am in the middle of repairing an abandoned seadoo. Its starter was missing when I bought it so I bought a new one on ebay. I tested it and it works just fine. However, when I hook it up through the little brain box it does nothing. I hear a click when I push the key button in but nothing when I push the starter button. I thought usually that a bad solenoid makes a click sound when its bad and you push the start button. I have a goal to go as cheap as possible on this thing as in not throw away money if I do not need to. Invest where needed and dont where not needed. I shorted out the solenoid and the starter goes to business.

If the wires going to the solenoid, the little ones, are corroded could that cause it not to get fed the start command? The power leads were clean but the other little wires were corroded some. It has sat for 15 years.

1991 seadoo gt.

 

[JJinSC]

If you jumped the solenoid and it turned the starter, most likely you solenoid is bad. But clean and check all your connection first and recheck. Also check to make sure your signal wire is getting voltage when start button is pushed. If not, you starter switch is bad.


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[Coastiejoe]

Corroded wires can be the issue for sure. One is the ground. Without the ground the solenoid won't work.


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[LouDoo]

It's probably the solenoid, BTW the solenoids are pretty generic, mine went out at the lake about three years ago, for a temporary fix I found a free used one on an old 2-stroke Evinrude, it worked, and three years later still works.

Lou

 

[RodInEscondido]

Do you have a shop manual? Available on-line and loaded with good info.

Wiring diagram for this is pretty straightforward. YL/RD low current wire on solenoid should get 12v when hitting the start button; if not = 8a fuse or wiring open. If ya get 12v on YL/RD wire, check to see if voltage on other low-current solenoid connection with start button activation. If voltage, probable open ground connection. Chasing down open grounds can be a pain, maybe easier to just connect temporary ground to other than YL/RD terminal on solenoid; if start button does not activate solenoid it is probably bad. If solenoid clicks when it should you could still have bad high current contacts in it.

Hopefully this helps rather than confuses.

 

[dickweed57]

My 96gtx was starting intermittently. push start button, sometimes it cranked. sometimes a delay. sometimes nothing. scraped wires so I could check for power to solenoid. had power. unplugged wires to solenoid and one pin on solenoid had corroded and was stuck in the plug. had to get a new solenoid. works fine now.