lamajama
Well-Known Member
1st ride on a new-to-me 04 GTX SC and on the first ride the GTX suddenly died mid-ride with a "check-engine" message.
So I pop the seat off and yep, the engine is still there. So I begin to check connections and
finally determine the negative battery cable is a little loose. I tighten it up and the seadoo
fires up and away I go for the rest of the day. Get back to the garage and I tighten both cables
with a socket.
2nd ride the same thing happens. The cable appears tight enough but I monkey around with it, tightening it up as much as a screwdriver can. Still no start. Poke around other connections and tighten neg cable again (pos seems fine, machine is turning over fine). Machine fires up and off I
go for about 5 minutes and it dies again. I'm moving the neg cable a bit each time attempting to
find the sweet spot. After 3-4 attempts machine fires right up and I decide to get back to the launch where I get another 100 yards and it dies again. I try to find the same sweet spot and no luck. Finally a "sensor" message appears on the panel and I give up and get towed in.
Frustrated I leave the machine a day and plug the key in and machine fires right up..ok..:banghead:
I plug the machine in to my Candoo and no error faults at all - no idea what the "sensor" message
was - does the brain react when you try multiple times to start it when you have a "check engine" message and throw a "sensor" message for some reason?
I'm still going to clean the contact and use some lock washers (I know I know...) but I'm a little gun-shy with the reliability (and I went from DI models...!!) of this machine.
Any idea from anyone here on any other potential issue?
I did hear the TOPS valve buzzing for a bit after I tried to start the machine each time but after a brief period it shut off or stopped buzzing. Would this be a faulty TOPS valve and would it cause the seadoo to just die and/or trigger a "sensor" message on the instrument panel?
Thanks for the help everyone..
So I pop the seat off and yep, the engine is still there. So I begin to check connections and
finally determine the negative battery cable is a little loose. I tighten it up and the seadoo
fires up and away I go for the rest of the day. Get back to the garage and I tighten both cables
with a socket.
2nd ride the same thing happens. The cable appears tight enough but I monkey around with it, tightening it up as much as a screwdriver can. Still no start. Poke around other connections and tighten neg cable again (pos seems fine, machine is turning over fine). Machine fires up and off I
go for about 5 minutes and it dies again. I'm moving the neg cable a bit each time attempting to
find the sweet spot. After 3-4 attempts machine fires right up and I decide to get back to the launch where I get another 100 yards and it dies again. I try to find the same sweet spot and no luck. Finally a "sensor" message appears on the panel and I give up and get towed in.
Frustrated I leave the machine a day and plug the key in and machine fires right up..ok..:banghead:
I plug the machine in to my Candoo and no error faults at all - no idea what the "sensor" message
was - does the brain react when you try multiple times to start it when you have a "check engine" message and throw a "sensor" message for some reason?
I'm still going to clean the contact and use some lock washers (I know I know...) but I'm a little gun-shy with the reliability (and I went from DI models...!!) of this machine.
Any idea from anyone here on any other potential issue?
I did hear the TOPS valve buzzing for a bit after I tried to start the machine each time but after a brief period it shut off or stopped buzzing. Would this be a faulty TOPS valve and would it cause the seadoo to just die and/or trigger a "sensor" message on the instrument panel?
Thanks for the help everyone..