2006 Yamaha VX110 Deluxe - hard to start (motor, electric, fuel)
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One of my VX110's has started being hard to start. It will kick over, then stall and then we get nothing. After a while, and numerous pushes on the start button, it will start and run fine for as long was we want it to.
The first time this happened we were 10 miles up river from our put in point and it was about 1 hr to sundown. Not a happy place to be.
It has a new battery, I make sure it's fully charged before we go out.
Any thoughts on what is going on and possible fixes?
I'm a motorcycle guy, but if it's hard to start from cold but easy to restart from warm (within a couple hours), that would have me checking the valve adjustment first.
Glancing at the service schedule for your boat it looks like everything should be gone over once a year at the most. If you haven't had it serviced within the last year, that's your first step. It's really quite impossible to do good troubleshooting unless the vehicle is in a known good condition maintenance wise. Taking care of basic maintenance resolves the easy majority of issues I see... so that's your first step.
I bought the boats from the dealer that sold them to the original owner, who had them serviced every year. I even have the records. That was one of the reasons we bought these. So, I would have to say they have been extremely well taken care of.
I'm hoping it's just something like the starter button. I'm not real good at chasing sparks.
thunderkat59, I don't think that's it, because when the start button is hit, nothing happens. If it were the injectors or a fuel delivery problem, at least it would be turning over.
Ah, you weren't clear before (using the term "nothing" means everything from zero change in anything/no clicks or turning over all the way to turning over but not starting).
If there is Zero change when you press the button, no clicks, not turning over, then you have an electrical issue. The fact that it's intermittent means it's most likely not component failure, but rather a bad connection (loose, corrosion). There's only one fix, and that's for someone to spend time with a multi-meter testing points along the starting circuit when the issue rears its head.
Page 118 (5-1) of the owners manual gives the most likely troubleshooting issues, I'd start there:
brownbagg - please explain how this could be a fuel problem? I don't understand. Thanks.
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