Hey Guys,
Im new to the forum and glad ive stumbled upon it actually as I have lots of Seadoo's so i'm quite excited to now be a member!
I recently got given an old '96 HX. Since then I have cleaned the carbs, replaced the carbon ring, purchased a new battery (21amps), replaced all ground/pos wires from the battery to the starter/solenoid/ground etc... I have just replaced the starter solenoid today, and also taken all electrical connectors apart and sprayed them with Swarfegger Duck Oil and then ALSO put some waterproof grease inside them to keep any moisture out in the future.
My original issue was with the engine turning over REALLY slowly when the spark plugs where in, i read on this forum about replacing the battery and the wires and making sure the grounding points on the starter motor where good (which they are).
Unfortunately now when i press the start/stop button there is NO life at all, the solenoid doesn't even click (although it didn't before so maybe it didn't even need a new one). The battery is fully charged and brand new and is a gel battery. If i cross the solenoid with a pair of pliers it does turn over (without spark plugs in, when they are in its very slow).
Any ideas? Im baffled, not sure how to check resistance or Ohms but using a multimeter on the "Beep" setting, should I see continuity between the Ground on the battery and the positive feed lug on the Starter Motor? That doesn't sound right to me but maybe i'm wrong?
Thank You All!
P.S I must say that this fault was intermittent before i change the battery/wires
UPDATE:
Multimeter negative wire on the battery, positive wire from the multimeter on the positive solenoid lug that goes to the starter motor, press the start/on button and there is NO 12v reading (0v reading). There is a 0.47volt reading on the YELLOW/RED wire which connects to the bottom of the solenoid which stays at this regardless of press the start/on button.
Im new to the forum and glad ive stumbled upon it actually as I have lots of Seadoo's so i'm quite excited to now be a member!
I recently got given an old '96 HX. Since then I have cleaned the carbs, replaced the carbon ring, purchased a new battery (21amps), replaced all ground/pos wires from the battery to the starter/solenoid/ground etc... I have just replaced the starter solenoid today, and also taken all electrical connectors apart and sprayed them with Swarfegger Duck Oil and then ALSO put some waterproof grease inside them to keep any moisture out in the future.
My original issue was with the engine turning over REALLY slowly when the spark plugs where in, i read on this forum about replacing the battery and the wires and making sure the grounding points on the starter motor where good (which they are).
Unfortunately now when i press the start/stop button there is NO life at all, the solenoid doesn't even click (although it didn't before so maybe it didn't even need a new one). The battery is fully charged and brand new and is a gel battery. If i cross the solenoid with a pair of pliers it does turn over (without spark plugs in, when they are in its very slow).
Any ideas? Im baffled, not sure how to check resistance or Ohms but using a multimeter on the "Beep" setting, should I see continuity between the Ground on the battery and the positive feed lug on the Starter Motor? That doesn't sound right to me but maybe i'm wrong?
Thank You All!
P.S I must say that this fault was intermittent before i change the battery/wires
UPDATE:
Multimeter negative wire on the battery, positive wire from the multimeter on the positive solenoid lug that goes to the starter motor, press the start/on button and there is NO 12v reading (0v reading). There is a 0.47volt reading on the YELLOW/RED wire which connects to the bottom of the solenoid which stays at this regardless of press the start/on button.
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