MattC213
Active Member
- Messages
- 8
- Reaction score
- 2
- Points
- 32
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2004
- Boat Model
- AR
- Boat Length
- 21
Good evening Everyone,
I left my AR210 in the water from 7/5 to 7/10 at a family house in south Jersey on the bay. I was out of town for work last week and apparently south Jersey received a good amount of rain towards the end of the week. My dad was supposed to keep an eye on the boat for me but he didn't. Upon my return Saturday 7/10, the swim platform was roughly 4-6" submerged. I couldn't believe my eyes.. I immediately grabbed a sub pump, hooked it up as well as ran the bilge pump knowing it would most likely kill my battery (which it did). The engines were partially submerged, maybe 8-10" of water in the engine compartment. I charged the battery and the 1 engine fired right up. However, the second engine won't start. When I turn the key I'm getting a crank here and there but its minimal at that. I checked my connections and cleaned all the terminals, everything looks good. I noticed the starter was submerged and I'm thinking that might be the issue but I'm not positive.
This couldn't be worse timing as I'm moving South for a new job in 3 weeks and I'm selling the boat. If it's the starter I can replace that myself. However, I'm fearful it could be something worse. Any advice or insight is greatly appreciated! Thank you all in advance!
Matt C.
I left my AR210 in the water from 7/5 to 7/10 at a family house in south Jersey on the bay. I was out of town for work last week and apparently south Jersey received a good amount of rain towards the end of the week. My dad was supposed to keep an eye on the boat for me but he didn't. Upon my return Saturday 7/10, the swim platform was roughly 4-6" submerged. I couldn't believe my eyes.. I immediately grabbed a sub pump, hooked it up as well as ran the bilge pump knowing it would most likely kill my battery (which it did). The engines were partially submerged, maybe 8-10" of water in the engine compartment. I charged the battery and the 1 engine fired right up. However, the second engine won't start. When I turn the key I'm getting a crank here and there but its minimal at that. I checked my connections and cleaned all the terminals, everything looks good. I noticed the starter was submerged and I'm thinking that might be the issue but I'm not positive.
This couldn't be worse timing as I'm moving South for a new job in 3 weeks and I'm selling the boat. If it's the starter I can replace that myself. However, I'm fearful it could be something worse. Any advice or insight is greatly appreciated! Thank you all in advance!
Matt C.
