Stranded...but made it home!

[MacGyver]

Well, my shake out ride was going great, and when we finished fishing I turned the key to head home, and nothing!

Just some clicking....everytime I turned the key.

Solonoid?

I removed the pos cable off battery 2, connected it to battery 1, and touched the starter post, and the motor turned a bit. I turned the key again, and the motor started. Home!

So, my question is....bad starter? bad solonoid? bad brush holder? bad spot on the starter?

Its a 1997 200hp Saltwater Series II....with about 800 hours on it. The motor always has been hard to start, but it never did this.

Ideas?


MacGyver

[99yam40]

could be any of the above. or battery, battery cables, or just connections
You will have to start testing and see what is found

[Tucker]

MacGyver, I'm lost (nothing new). You're inside the battery compartment and then you're under the hood?? Looks like you loosened then retightened everything right? Obviouse corrosion problem? Let us know what happened. I have the same engines and always on the lookout for problems with these motors (besides being gas hogs). Mine start right up. These motors are carbon magnets. I bet you're carboned up.

[MacGyver]

carboned

Tucker,

Do you mean the spark plugs? If so, they are brand new. I'm going to reset all of the connections now...see what happens. I'll keep you posted.


MacGyver

[99yam40]

Testing with a volt meter to see where you are loosing the voltage is a better way

[MacGyver]

Checked connections

I cleaned/brushed all connections, and seem to be getting a bit better starting performance, but not great. It just seems like the batteries are not doing their job, although I was told the batteries were fine by the shop this past spring.

I have two 650 cca batteries....are these big enough for my Yamaha 200hp Series II?

Any suggestions on how to test various locations with a voltmeter?



MacGyver

[MacGyver]

Curious

When I bought this boat, the boat yard put two new 650 cca starter batteries in. There is a switch so I can use one, the other, or both. Is this part of the problem? The starting batteries not liking my running my lights and radio on it? I ran the radio for 20 minutes two days ago, and the voltage reading went from 14.4 to 12.2.

Hmmmmmm...


MacGyver