Hey Everyone!
I'm totally new to the pwc world, and happy to be in it! Just purchased my first jet ski, a 1993 GTX, about two months ago. I got a great deal and have been so satisfied but ran into a problem while riding it yesterday. The safety key that went on it, before DESS, was loose and wouldn't press the button down to keep it running. It probably cut off 20 times with constant restarting before we temporarily fixed it with a metal ring to replace the zip tie we lost to tighten it some. The entire time this was happening, the ski was running great. We ran it hard for about 3 or 4 hours and while cruising toward the dock at half throttle I heard a sudden and strange noise and felt like it was losing power. Not wanting to tear anything up, I cut it off and we CANNOT get it back started. A few times it wanted to turn over, with still a strange sound, but never started back.
I really need advice, and very basic newbie to the craft advice, if any of you can offer some support. The battery is good. I am wondering if it could be the starter solenoid after having to start it so much. Any ideas about why it won't start and or the strange noise I heard? It was a kind of odd, higher pitched noise. Thanks in advance!
I'm totally new to the pwc world, and happy to be in it! Just purchased my first jet ski, a 1993 GTX, about two months ago. I got a great deal and have been so satisfied but ran into a problem while riding it yesterday. The safety key that went on it, before DESS, was loose and wouldn't press the button down to keep it running. It probably cut off 20 times with constant restarting before we temporarily fixed it with a metal ring to replace the zip tie we lost to tighten it some. The entire time this was happening, the ski was running great. We ran it hard for about 3 or 4 hours and while cruising toward the dock at half throttle I heard a sudden and strange noise and felt like it was losing power. Not wanting to tear anything up, I cut it off and we CANNOT get it back started. A few times it wanted to turn over, with still a strange sound, but never started back.
I really need advice, and very basic newbie to the craft advice, if any of you can offer some support. The battery is good. I am wondering if it could be the starter solenoid after having to start it so much. Any ideas about why it won't start and or the strange noise I heard? It was a kind of odd, higher pitched noise. Thanks in advance!