Hi All,
Took the 'Doo to the nearest Sea Doo shop this week to have a new key programmed and one of the engines will not start. It doesn't even acknowledge that the start button is being pushed other than a faint noise that I'm assuming is fuel related.
Boat ran great (as always) when I parked it in the fall.
Steps I've taken thus far:
-Checked fuses
-Checked engine ground wire
-Since there are 2 engines and 2 start buttons I switched the buttons.
-Jumped the solenoid to make sure the thing would turn over, it does. Btw the thin metal rod I used (slightly larger than a clothes hanger) was arcing and smoking in no time flat. I've used this method before with much less drama so I wonder if the violent reaction is a symptom of something else?
-Swapped solenoid from working engine
-Swapped "fuse block" (part number E01408E) from working engine. Fuse block from dead engine did not work on working engine. FB from working engine did not work on dead engine. I can only assume the FB's are programmed to work with a specific engine?
-Swapped FB's back, working engine still works
I haven't started any diagnoses involving a multimeter and don't know what I would learn from that anyway as I don't have a service manual. I'm gonna use a test light to compare signals going to each fuse block. If both are getting the same signals I'm at a loss.
The dealer did call to tell me one of the engines wouldn't start and asked if I wanted them to diagnose/fix. I can't help but speculate that they're trying to pull one over on me. Each engine has to be programmed individually with the DESS key so it would be pretty easy to NOT program one of them, tell me they fixed something, and make a quick $500-$1000.
Any thoughts on obvious stuff I could be missing?
Thanks for any advice!
L
Took the 'Doo to the nearest Sea Doo shop this week to have a new key programmed and one of the engines will not start. It doesn't even acknowledge that the start button is being pushed other than a faint noise that I'm assuming is fuel related.
Boat ran great (as always) when I parked it in the fall.
Steps I've taken thus far:
-Checked fuses
-Checked engine ground wire
-Since there are 2 engines and 2 start buttons I switched the buttons.
-Jumped the solenoid to make sure the thing would turn over, it does. Btw the thin metal rod I used (slightly larger than a clothes hanger) was arcing and smoking in no time flat. I've used this method before with much less drama so I wonder if the violent reaction is a symptom of something else?
-Swapped solenoid from working engine
-Swapped "fuse block" (part number E01408E) from working engine. Fuse block from dead engine did not work on working engine. FB from working engine did not work on dead engine. I can only assume the FB's are programmed to work with a specific engine?
-Swapped FB's back, working engine still works
I haven't started any diagnoses involving a multimeter and don't know what I would learn from that anyway as I don't have a service manual. I'm gonna use a test light to compare signals going to each fuse block. If both are getting the same signals I'm at a loss.
The dealer did call to tell me one of the engines wouldn't start and asked if I wanted them to diagnose/fix. I can't help but speculate that they're trying to pull one over on me. Each engine has to be programmed individually with the DESS key so it would be pretty easy to NOT program one of them, tell me they fixed something, and make a quick $500-$1000.
Any thoughts on obvious stuff I could be missing?
Thanks for any advice!
L
