sailfish-steve
Cadet
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- Sep 17, 2012
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I see there is another thread on here for the same year motor with a similar problem. Here are my symptoms and what I have done so far to troubleshoot.
Took the boat out this weekend and while trying to start at the ramp prior to launch she would not say running. Pulled it back up the ramp and noticed water in the gas. I drained the fuel/water separator and launched her again. This time a little better but it still kept shutting off after running about 10 seconds at a time. I decided I would try to run the water out of it hoping it was just a small bit left in the carbs. She launched really good, immediately went up on plane and slowly died out. I emptied the fuel/water separator and run her up on plane again and like before it would die out after a short time (30 seconds or so). I went through this exercise about 10 times, each time I did see water in the fuel/water separator but it became less and less. The last time I tried to start back up it would just spin over and not even a sputter. I thought that either the plugs were fouled or the battery was at a point where it wasn't spinning enough RPM's to provide ignition. So got a tow back to the ramp.
Now to this week. Testing shows no voltage to any plugs during starting.
I pulled the flywheel and checked the magnets and key. All magnets are secure and not damaged.
I checked and cleaned all grounds and connections.
Following the CDI troubleshooting instructions (pg 52 1988-2001 185-250 w/Quickstart NO SPARK ON ANY CYLINDER)
#1 Check for Stop circuit - Passed (Still no spark)
#2 Rectifier test - Passed (Still no spark)
#3 Cranking RPM - I don't have a way to check RPM's but I have tried two brand new batteries and RPM's appear to be fine with no dragging.
#4 Grounds - As stated above have been checked.
#5 Check stator and timer base resistance and DVA output as given below for BOTH banks:
Brown to Brown/Yellow - Resistance 900-1100 (actual 980), DVA (Connected) 150-400v (Actual 0v while cranking), DVA (Disconnected) 150-400v (Actual 0v while cranking)
So I stopped there. I checked the connections many times and they appeared to be good. I was confused that there was no voltage. Does this mean my stator is bad?
Thanks,
Steve
Took the boat out this weekend and while trying to start at the ramp prior to launch she would not say running. Pulled it back up the ramp and noticed water in the gas. I drained the fuel/water separator and launched her again. This time a little better but it still kept shutting off after running about 10 seconds at a time. I decided I would try to run the water out of it hoping it was just a small bit left in the carbs. She launched really good, immediately went up on plane and slowly died out. I emptied the fuel/water separator and run her up on plane again and like before it would die out after a short time (30 seconds or so). I went through this exercise about 10 times, each time I did see water in the fuel/water separator but it became less and less. The last time I tried to start back up it would just spin over and not even a sputter. I thought that either the plugs were fouled or the battery was at a point where it wasn't spinning enough RPM's to provide ignition. So got a tow back to the ramp.
Now to this week. Testing shows no voltage to any plugs during starting.
I pulled the flywheel and checked the magnets and key. All magnets are secure and not damaged.
I checked and cleaned all grounds and connections.
Following the CDI troubleshooting instructions (pg 52 1988-2001 185-250 w/Quickstart NO SPARK ON ANY CYLINDER)
#1 Check for Stop circuit - Passed (Still no spark)
#2 Rectifier test - Passed (Still no spark)
#3 Cranking RPM - I don't have a way to check RPM's but I have tried two brand new batteries and RPM's appear to be fine with no dragging.
#4 Grounds - As stated above have been checked.
#5 Check stator and timer base resistance and DVA output as given below for BOTH banks:
Brown to Brown/Yellow - Resistance 900-1100 (actual 980), DVA (Connected) 150-400v (Actual 0v while cranking), DVA (Disconnected) 150-400v (Actual 0v while cranking)
So I stopped there. I checked the connections many times and they appeared to be good. I was confused that there was no voltage. Does this mean my stator is bad?
Thanks,
Steve