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I've got a 1999 Yamaha 60 hp (C60TLRX) motor and tried to start it the other day and it would hardly turn over. I had the starting battery on the charger all day and the "full charge" light on the charger was on. It turned over twice and then I heard a pssss sound and looked at the motor and there was a little puff of smoke coming from the positive battery cable just before it went in to the motor. The cable was very hot to the touch. There is now a small opening on the cable where the smoke escaped. I can only assume the cable was melting and the smoke had to exit somewhere! Yesterday I switched batteries and tried starting using my deep cycle battery from my *****ing motor. Motor hesitated for about a 1/2 second then it turned over as if nothing was wrong. Would a bad battery cause the problem mentioned above? Could it be a bad solenoid or relay?
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Could be a bad battery, poor cable connections or bad cables. Have battery load tested, Probably need to replace battery lug on cable that burnt and check cables. -
Thanks for the quick reply! How do I test the battery load? Volt meter?
I was thinking of replacing the battery cables since they got hot enough to melt a hole in it.Comment
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if it has yamaha battery cables i would put my money on them being bad. they are notorious for getting weak spots in them particularly over 5 years old or more then check all connections from the battery to the ground and from the positive side of the battery to the solenoidComment
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