Help me understand
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Printed Date: April-28-2024 at 6:57am
Topic: Help me understand
Posted By: sacramentoboater
Subject: Help me understand
Date Posted: July-17-2021 at 12:50pm
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Drove 2001 SAN with GT40 daily during 4 day houseboat trip, no issues. 25min drive back to marina to pull boat out, was waiting for trailer driver so I started and stopped engine a few times while I bobbed around the marina. I tried to restart my boat one final time and just got a clicking noise from under the dash. No engine turnover, just a click under dash. Brought my boat home and tried a very quick fake a lake start and engine now turns over. Any ideas what may have happened or how to trouble shoot this if it happens again? Thanks!
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Posted By: gun-driver
Date Posted: July-17-2021 at 1:30pm
| Start by having your battery load tested and check your cables and connections for corrosion. |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: July-17-2021 at 3:17pm
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Kirk, Are you using one of these to clean the battery posts and cable terminals?  Also, the battery should be a starting type and not a deep cycle. ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: Jonny Quest
Date Posted: July-17-2021 at 3:25pm
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Classic symptoms of battery and cable connectivity issues. JQ ------------- Current 2003 Ski Nautique 206 Limited Previous 2001 Ski Nautique Open Bow 1994 Ski Nautique Open Bow Aqua skiing, ergo sum |
Posted By: sacramentoboater
Date Posted: July-17-2021 at 3:32pm
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Excellent info, will look at all of this. I haven't used the terminal cleaning tools in the pic, but will now! Thank you
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Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: July-17-2021 at 6:14pm
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I'd probably be wondering what the clicking noise under the dash was. A 2001 has a keypad setup for starting the boat, so if you clean whatever connections you're gonna clean and it happens again, I'd be wondering if my keypad/PME box is starting to have issues. You should hope it's just connections  You can do a search here or on Planet Nautique for issues with them
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Posted By: gun-driver
Date Posted: July-17-2021 at 8:15pm
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Good catch Keno, I didn't catch the under the dash clicking I was thinking under the motor box. My 2000 Sport just did the same idenical thing to me during a week at the lake but the clicking was at the starter relay. Ended up being a battery with good volts but not under the load of starting. Replaced the 24MS battery (PO installed) with a group 65 and new solder on battery clamps, no more problem. Still would check for low voltage as these GT-40s don't like to start with low voltage.
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