snydertalon
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 10
- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 50
- Boat Make
- SeaDoo
- Year
- 2007
- Boat Model
- Speedster
- Boat Length
- 16
Trying to go out on water and boat won't start.
Tried trickle charging battery, got the sound that you hear in a car when the battery is dead. Just the click of a starter.
Got new battery.
The engine does like a single turn over and then nothing. So, I held the start button down for a while. Created some white smoke from the bottom of the engine.
Not sure what it is. I have my suspicions but don't want to bias any responses.
Note: I don't know boats. I know cars and assume a degree of carry over.
2007 Seadoo Speedster
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Both my battery and my starter crapped out.
Installed a new Seadoo starter I got from amazon and it cranked up better than it ever has (I bought the boat used). I decided to go OEM as a lot of reviews of even the better 3rd part starters said they rusted after 2 -3 years. Mine was 10 years and failing. I had to replace it because the terminal attached to the batter was so rusted that when I tried to break the nut, it snapped off.
I bought a 24 group batter from Autozone. This would not turn over the motor, but when I put my car battery in (715 CCA) the boat turned on immediately. In the process of sourcing new battery, but I know that with a good battery it will turn on without issue.
Tried trickle charging battery, got the sound that you hear in a car when the battery is dead. Just the click of a starter.
Got new battery.
The engine does like a single turn over and then nothing. So, I held the start button down for a while. Created some white smoke from the bottom of the engine.
Not sure what it is. I have my suspicions but don't want to bias any responses.
Note: I don't know boats. I know cars and assume a degree of carry over.
2007 Seadoo Speedster
----------------------------------------------SOLUTION----------------------------------------------
Both my battery and my starter crapped out.
Installed a new Seadoo starter I got from amazon and it cranked up better than it ever has (I bought the boat used). I decided to go OEM as a lot of reviews of even the better 3rd part starters said they rusted after 2 -3 years. Mine was 10 years and failing. I had to replace it because the terminal attached to the batter was so rusted that when I tried to break the nut, it snapped off.
I bought a 24 group batter from Autozone. This would not turn over the motor, but when I put my car battery in (715 CCA) the boat turned on immediately. In the process of sourcing new battery, but I know that with a good battery it will turn on without issue.
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