My SeaDoo wont start! Someone Please Help!

[Chris Beheler]

I have a 1996 SeaDoo GSX with about 35 hours on it. I rode my jetski right
before dusk then I came in and retired for the night. I woke up the next
morning, jumped on it, plugged my key in and there was no beep, so I hit
the start button, still nothing happens. I've switched batteries with my
GTS so I know thats not the problem and I have checked the fuses in the
gray box in front and the fuses in the black box in the back, but none of
them are blowed out. Can some one please give me some advice on what I
could check or what the problem is?

Thank you,

Chris
96 GSX

[Craig785]

I think that a guy a week or so ago had the same symptoms with his '96
SPX. The dealer told him that he fried his computer. But it seems that
if it was running fine then all of a sudden it didn't, there is a good
chance that the computer isn't the problem.

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[rpfi...@webspan.net]

The symptoms you described with your 800-powered Sea-Doo sounds like
what you get when you forget to reconnect the 4-position cable to the
magneto housing. Make sure you have a good connection there.

I have also seen a couple of "electrical logic" problems resolved simply
by entering the DESS' "Diagnostic Mode".

To do this remove your DESS lanyard from the machine (assuming engine is
not able to start). Press the "start/stop" button 5 times and you will
hear a quick, unusual chirp. Connect the DESS Lanyard and see if your
machine starts, or else gives a series of beeps which is a diagnostic
code.

Simply entering "diagnostic mode" has allowed my XP800 to start after it
refused to on the first couple of tries. I would not recommend trying
this if your machine will crank the starter. In that situation, I
believe it's unlikely you have a "logic" problem and are experiencing
more of a mechanical/fuel problem.