Austinhutch
Cadet
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2015
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Hey guys/gals.
First off thank you for all the helpfull a five I have already read and will get from fellow members.
So the other day I go to turn on my boat (1999 ebb tide) and the starter just spins and spins. After further research I pulled the starter and battery. I have brought my batter to be tested and it was at 12.6 without load and about a 10 with load. Everything seemed to check good. I bench tested the starter and the bendex shoots out and spins. This was without a load. I looked at the fly wheel and and no teeth look damage or jagged. I hand cracked the engine and check full 360 on the flywheel and all looked good.
After some research I came across some people having this issue cause of hydro lock. I pulled the plugs and everything looked good. I hand crankrd the engine about 5 full rotations and no water or grime came out of thr plug holes. I reinstalled the starter to see if it could crank the engine with no plugs. No luck.
When I had it hooked up I directed the battery to the starter with jumper cables to rule out the cords. Also to eliminate the battery (that tested good) I used a different battery that works fine.
I wanted to make sure the bendex was firing out into the flywheel I put a piece of tape and it showed that it went into the flywheel just no turning. The belt doesn't even move a milimeter when I try.
Sorry for the long post, but wanted to give you as many details as possible. Do you think I should replace the starter?
First off thank you for all the helpfull a five I have already read and will get from fellow members.
So the other day I go to turn on my boat (1999 ebb tide) and the starter just spins and spins. After further research I pulled the starter and battery. I have brought my batter to be tested and it was at 12.6 without load and about a 10 with load. Everything seemed to check good. I bench tested the starter and the bendex shoots out and spins. This was without a load. I looked at the fly wheel and and no teeth look damage or jagged. I hand cracked the engine and check full 360 on the flywheel and all looked good.
After some research I came across some people having this issue cause of hydro lock. I pulled the plugs and everything looked good. I hand crankrd the engine about 5 full rotations and no water or grime came out of thr plug holes. I reinstalled the starter to see if it could crank the engine with no plugs. No luck.
When I had it hooked up I directed the battery to the starter with jumper cables to rule out the cords. Also to eliminate the battery (that tested good) I used a different battery that works fine.
I wanted to make sure the bendex was firing out into the flywheel I put a piece of tape and it showed that it went into the flywheel just no turning. The belt doesn't even move a milimeter when I try.
Sorry for the long post, but wanted to give you as many details as possible. Do you think I should replace the starter?