When do I stop sinking money into my 2000 GTX???

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I need someone to talk some sense into me...either tell me to go ahead and put MORE money into this machine and shut up, or go sink it at the river and file it on insurance. Here's my story: I decided to sell my machine 3 yrs ago, because we just didn't ride it enough anymore. It had been in storage since the previous season, and I had a buyer for $4200 I believe it was. I told him I would take it in for service before he bought it, only to find out that the motor had gone bad. After over a year and a half of deciding to fix it, I proceded to have the top side of the motor rebuilt ($2000). That was last November. This spring, once again, I had it sold for $3000, and took it in to have it summerized, only to find out that the start/stop switch was supposedly bad ($200 including labor). I just received a call from the service guy and he said that didn't fix the problem, that it looked like the NPEM (??) was bad. I may not be stating that correctly, but it's the computer that controls the electrical if I am understanding correctly. He says that is a $950 part. He said that the computer is not resetting itself. Can someone tell me if it is worth fixing at this point? NADA shows the machine to be worth $3200...which is exactly what I'll have in repair costs if I go ahead and fix this. I am very frustrated and at this point just want out, but will have a dead loss of at least $2200 if I dont go ahead and fix this. Your thoughts???


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I recommend you look on ebay for a new or used MPEM for less than 1/2 that cost.

I need a better description on what it is or is not doing, the MPEM not resetting itself does not make any sense.

Mike

 

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More details...

When I took the Seadoo in to have it serviced this spring, the battery was dead. I had put a new battery in last fall but did not keep a trickle charge on it over the winter. I was told that the battery was now bad. I thought that was strange. He replaced the battery again. When I got it home, once again it would not crank because the battery was dead, so I put a charger on it overnight. The next day, I was to meet the potential buyer at the river to test it out. When we got there, once again the battery appeared dead. The buyer had anthother Seadoo with him and we changed out the battery so he could just test mine out. We got the battery in, and it still would not turn over. We then tried to jump it off (which I am now told is a big no-no). When we hooked the cables up, it still would not crank. We played around a bit with the electrical box in the back of the boat where the solenoid swtch is and when we would touch the positive jumper cable directly to the starter, it would turn over. We begin to wonder if there was a short in the battery cables, the solenoid switch ws bad or a fuse was bad or something. None of that panned out, but we did discover that if we took the fuse out that is in that electrcal box and put it back in the lanyard would beep, and we could turn the motor over by hitting the start switch. But once I took the lanyard off and then put it back on, nothing. No beep when I put the lanyard on or anything. We could remove the fuse, and then put it back, and we had power again...until I took the lanyard off.

When I explained this to the repair guy, he said it sounded like the computer needed to be reprogrammed because the computer was not resetting itself. I took it in, and he said it needed the start/stop switch. That didnt work so now he says the computer is bad. I'm wondering if he knows what he's talking about.

Hopefully this gives a little more info to my frustrated blab from yesterday.

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