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2017 Yamaha AR190, No start just a Click. Need Help

MorrisonJan

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How it all started…

Batteries were fully drained by a bad sound system set up. Charged them and started up but after a few the batieres weren’t holding up so under warranty I replaced them to be 100% on the water.

Sunday came around, boat fired up over 4 times without a problem but didn’t want to fire up on the water after a few hours.

So I checked batteries and they are fully charged. I checked fuse box and fuses look good.

I noticed when I turn the key the gauges move halfway and pause then finish through, try to fire up and no turn but there’s a click noise.

Made sure I’m on neutral.

Played with the position of the safety landyard
I replaced the solenoid which the clicking noise came from when turning the key.
Have a feeling it could be the starter but also have a feeling it’s something to do with bad contact somewhere.
 

Croker

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2018
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I had the same issue. Go out in the morning park up at the beach for lunch and an hour later when we wanted to leave it would take a good number of cranks to try start engine again. If we left it for a few more hours or over night it would start up just fine. I think it may have been a grounding wire as ours were very corroded but didn't have long to test this theory as I cleaned it the day before we put it back into storage.

Others have talked about wet spark plugs in the past as well but I don't know much about that.

This is a really frustrating issue as it its hard to replicate and inconsistent and defiantly annoying being stuck.

This might be useful
 

MorrisonJan

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I had the same issue. Go out in the morning park up at the beach for lunch and an hour later when we wanted to leave it would take a good number of cranks to try start engine again. If we left it for a few more hours or over night it would start up just fine. I think it may have been a grounding wire as ours were very corroded but didn't have long to test this theory as I cleaned it the day before we put it back into storage.

Others have talked about wet spark plugs in the past as well but I don't know much about that.

This is a really frustrating issue as it its hard to replicate and inconsistent and defiantly annoying being stuck.

This might be useful
Thank you, I’m going to check the ground connection, perhaps cleanup the battery terminals and wires.
 

MorrisonJan

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Boat Length
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Replaced the starter and I’m back in the water 👍🏼
 
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