I have a 5.7L Mercruiser alpha one I/O engine with only 41 hours for my boat. I had issues starting it and so I replaced the starter, solenoid, and charged up the battery to ensure it was good to go... went to start it after the replacements and all I get is a click. Any possibilities as to what it is?
Getting a click is the symptom of low voltage. Ensure the voltage is not dropping below 12V when cranking with a volt meter. Are the battery cables clean and tight at both the battery and the other ends including the ground connection to the engine block. Another common issue is a bad slave soleniod.
To my knowledge there isn't a kill lanyard. And the battery connections are tight. The only issue I can possibly see is a bad battery but I've tried starting the boat with the battery being charged. Would jumping it while starting it make a difference? Lastly, the battery was New as of January 2017 so I don't see why that would be an issue. I don't have a colt meter to check it though.
I dewinterized it in march, took it out on the lake before I bought it and had no issues. Then started it up mid April with no problems. End of April it started clicking when I would try to start it. The boat shop just said they think the engine got hydrolocked 👀 They're going to open it up and take a look. If that is the issue, anyone know about a range of cost to fix it or would I have to get a whole new engine?
Boat will not start.
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