Super Jet 2014 Super Jet, start button makes clicking sound in Ebox.

[Brink420]

Just broke in the engine. Great ski. I am at a lost here In regards to what is going on. Please see the attached video. My first guess is a bad solenoid. All of the fuses are okay. The battery test out okay. Battery test at 13.8 V. It's the stock battery that came with the ski. When I press the START button I can feel it clicking as well as inside the Ebox. The battery and Ebox fuse test out good.

 

[OCD Solutions]

13.8 seems high unless you checked while still connected to the charger or immediately after. It should settle in the vicinity of 12.65 to 12.8 volts.

What's the battery voltage drop to when you press the start button and hear the "click"? If it doesn't drop at all, it's the solenoid. If it drops below 10 volts, start looking for a bind somewhere. Pull the plugs and spin it over by hand to rule out an engine or pump related seizure.

 

[Brink420]

YouTube video of what's going on:

 

[Tyrant1919]

Buzzing sound. Could be low voltage man. Check all of your battery cables and make sure they are tight. Nuts tightened and everything. Swap batteries with a known good one.

 

[Brink420]

The battery tests out good. It's the stock battery, ski is new... Wouldn't u agree that the battery should last at least a year! When not in use a 1 amp trickle charger is connected directly to the manufacturers battery plug. The volt meter doesn't lie. At a lost. Why would a solenoid go bad so fast?

 

[Tyrant1919]

Buzzing is your relay. As it applies the load of the starter to the system, the voltage drops and the relay disengages. After the relay disengages, the voltage goes back up, and the relay engages again, and it's just a vicious cycle at that point.

 

[Brink420]

 

[Tyrant1919]

It's possibly not your relay. you'll have to pull open your ebox and check the battery cable running to your relay. Check both cables going to the battery.

 

[OCD Solutions]

I'd pull the plugs and try and turn the engine over by hand before I started tearing into anything else. Start simple.

P.S. QC must have been asleep at the wheel for 2014. More than one 2014 SJ issue posted in just the last few days.

 

[Brink420]

Solenoid probably went bad. Where can I order one ASAP?

 

[Larry]

Did you rule out a bad battery. Replace it with a know good battery our jump it to a good battery. My bet is on a bad battery.

Then follow OCD's advice and make sure the engine still spins.

Then open the ebox and check the solenoid.

 

[Harbor]

Solenoid probably went bad. Where can I order one ASAP?

Pm Jetmaniac on this site for OE parts when your ready

 

[Brink420]

What other issues have recently been posted? Thank you

 

[hink320]

I recently had the exact same sound and symptom and it was a bad battery. I tore my electronics apart because the battery tested good on the volt meter, but a friend told me he had the same thing happen to him and it was the battery. I swapped to a known good battery and sure enough that's what it was.

 

[Larry]

Its not the volts from the battery that count when trying to turn the motor, its the amps.

 

[Brink420]

Here's a photo of the stock battery. I would plug a 1 amp trickle charger to it when not using the ski. Is this battery just no good?

 

[boostedegos]

I had a couple batteries do this over the past few years. They both had the correct voltage but were worthless. I learned the hard way by replacing a few parts before swapping the battery.

 

[Larry]

Like I said, the volts don't matter. It is very easy to check. Run battery jumper cables from your car to the positive and negative leads on the ski (it can be done with or without the ski battery installed), hit the start button and see if it works.

 

[Brink420]

The ski now works. Purchased a new sealed battery from Great Lakes battery here in Michigan. I feel so stupid. The stock battery completely drained itself. No acid.. The green tube that connects to te battery, where does the acid go from that green tube? Going by the dealers recommendation they told me it was important to hook up the trickle charger when not in use. Guess what, the dealer Macomb Powersports, was WRONG! Do not purchase anything from these incompetent crooks! Macomb Powersports will fail you and will feed you the wrong information. Very disappointed in their treatment of me as a customer. If you're in Michigan, make sure to avoid Macomb Powersports at all costs! Their address is 46860 Gratiot Ave., Chesterfield, MI 48051

Don't be a sucker like me and learn the hard way. They lied to me and pretty much told me to take a hike!

 

[Larry]

Glad you got it to work. Get that ski in the water and ride.