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sacramentoboater 
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 Topic: Help me understandPosted: July-17-2021 at 12:50pm |
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Drove 2001 SAN with GT40 daily during 4 day houseboat trip, no issues. 25min drive back to marina to pull boat out, was waiting for trailer driver so I started and stopped engine a few times while I bobbed around the marina. I tried to restart my boat one final time and just got a clicking noise from under the dash. No engine turnover, just a click under dash. Brought my boat home and tried a very quick fake a lake start and engine now turns over. Any ideas what may have happened or how to trouble shoot this if it happens again?
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gun-driver
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Posted: July-17-2021 at 1:30pm |
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Start by having your battery load tested and check your cables and connections for corrosion.
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: July-17-2021 at 3:17pm |
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Kirk,
Are you using one of these to clean the battery posts and cable terminals?  Also, the battery should be a starting type and not a deep cycle. |
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Jonny Quest
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Posted: July-17-2021 at 3:25pm |
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Classic symptoms of battery and cable connectivity issues.
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sacramentoboater
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Posted: July-17-2021 at 3:32pm |
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Excellent info, will look at all of this. I haven't used the terminal cleaning tools in the pic, but will now!
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KENO
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Posted: July-17-2021 at 6:14pm |
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I'd probably be wondering what the clicking noise under the dash was.
A 2001 has a keypad setup for starting the boat, so if you clean whatever connections you're gonna clean and it happens again, I'd be wondering if my keypad/PME box is starting to have issues. You should hope it's just connections  You can do a search here or on Planet Nautique for issues with them
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gun-driver
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Posted: July-17-2021 at 8:15pm |
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Good catch Keno, I didn't catch the under the dash clicking I was thinking under the motor box.
My 2000 Sport just did the same idenical thing to me during a week at the lake but the clicking was at the starter relay. Ended up being a battery with good volts but not under the load of starting. Replaced the 24MS battery (PO installed) with a group 65 and new solder on battery clamps, no more problem. Still would check for low voltage as these GT-40s don't like to start with low voltage.
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