sudden loss of cranking power
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sudden loss of cranking power
A friend brought his boat to my place yesterday said they had been out water skiing and stopped to change skiers, and nothing. Had to be towed in. I checked the killswitch, breakers, its got 12 volts to the starter. The fuel pump cycles with a turn of the key.
I'm stumped, any ideas? It's a 5.7 volvo penta,
I'm stumped, any ideas? It's a 5.7 volvo penta,
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12v to the starter remote wire when you turn the key, and 12v at the main cable connection? If you dont get 12V when turning the key at the remote wire, I'd check neutral safety switch first. If you are getting power there, and at the main post, probably the starter. Make sure the main ground at the engine from the battery is clean and tight also.
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If the switched wire to the starter show's 12 volts + the main battery cable going to big lug on the starter shows 12 volts when you turn key to run
I may think that it's possibly the S T A R T E R.
LOL.
I may think that it's possibly the S T A R T E R.
LOL.
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Said he had starter checked , not sure how they did that ? Told him it wasn't a starter problem but im tending to agree with you. Thanks I'll do more checking, I also did play with the shifter some but it started raining on us , so I told him to bring it back over later . Thanks
Ken
Ken
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I'll check all of the above thanks again , forgot about about rapping on the starter.boat only has 93 hours, so that kind of led me away from starter issue, but chit can go bad in 1 hour or 1000 . Should have listened to my own mantra at work , test it all yourself, I don't care what you tell me!
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big solenoid on the front of the engine. jump across 2 big terminals. that will take out all the key, neutral switch, trim switch possibilities. if no crank, no noise and no voltage drop, starter is bad. couple of clicks, remove and clean every battery wire at both ends. block grounds especially. plus the red batt selector switch.