bigjohnson47
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It has very low hours. Winterized it 3 falls ago and all was fine. Went to start it in the spring and found no spark. Did nothing with until now. I put a spark tester on it and no spark. Went through the CDI companies diagnostic procedure and eliminated all the stop circuits and continued to where it said the power pack needs at least 11 volts to operate. It said to check voltage on the yellow/red wire between the starter solenoid and the power pack. Found 8.4 volts. They said to clean all the battery, starter and ground connections. Did this and I had spark !! Whoo hoo!!
Put everything back together and the engine started but wouldn't run long or well. In the spring, it always pops right off and runs fine. I couldn't start it again and found no spark again. I put a battery charger on the 2 year old unused Interstate marine battery, which was kept charged, for awhile and the spark came back. But then the spark failed again without starting again.
I'm aware that CDI has an upgraded power pack, plug wires and plugs, but I'm not sure if it's the problem although I will probably install these new parts anyway.
Just a battery issue?
Put everything back together and the engine started but wouldn't run long or well. In the spring, it always pops right off and runs fine. I couldn't start it again and found no spark again. I put a battery charger on the 2 year old unused Interstate marine battery, which was kept charged, for awhile and the spark came back. But then the spark failed again without starting again.
I'm aware that CDI has an upgraded power pack, plug wires and plugs, but I'm not sure if it's the problem although I will probably install these new parts anyway.
Just a battery issue?