1997 GTI . I think I fried some electronics and need advice.
Background: I had a ton of people up for the holiday. While I was away, 3 ladies decided to try out the ski (not my idea :facepalm
. The got scared and basically tooled around at idle speed for "a while", I know it was long enough to come find me on a paddleboard, so I witnessed the rear end almost under water. No amount of coaxing could get them to get on plane.
By the time I got back the dock, the ski would not start. I'm told it would not even turn over. I was stressed (15 people there), and the ladies were petrified they broke the ski. I said, no problem, I think the battery is just dead (the battery is pretty new and had been working fine for a couple of days. Then put the charger on, 10 amps :facepalm:. With the key in :facepalm:.
So now it absolutely has a problem. The "e-box" (where the plug wires come from) definitely had a fair bit of moisture in it. I hooked up an in-line spark tester and there appears to be no spark (at least that I could see in the sun). It will crank and beep, but it seems to WANT to start, but never actually get there.
I figure something is fried either from being in submerged or by the charging it too fast with the key in.
Where do I start to troubleshoot? At this late date I have all winter to figure it out.
Background: I had a ton of people up for the holiday. While I was away, 3 ladies decided to try out the ski (not my idea :facepalm
. The got scared and basically tooled around at idle speed for "a while", I know it was long enough to come find me on a paddleboard, so I witnessed the rear end almost under water. No amount of coaxing could get them to get on plane.By the time I got back the dock, the ski would not start. I'm told it would not even turn over. I was stressed (15 people there), and the ladies were petrified they broke the ski. I said, no problem, I think the battery is just dead (the battery is pretty new and had been working fine for a couple of days. Then put the charger on, 10 amps :facepalm:. With the key in :facepalm:.
So now it absolutely has a problem. The "e-box" (where the plug wires come from) definitely had a fair bit of moisture in it. I hooked up an in-line spark tester and there appears to be no spark (at least that I could see in the sun). It will crank and beep, but it seems to WANT to start, but never actually get there.
I figure something is fried either from being in submerged or by the charging it too fast with the key in.
Where do I start to troubleshoot? At this late date I have all winter to figure it out.
