Sometimes my starboard Cummins 370 hp (mechanical) turns over and sometimes it does not. Just clicks and acts like a dead battery. Sometimes I move the shifter back and forth all the way to exercise the neutral safety switch and sometimes it rolls over and sometimes it does not. If not, I move all 4 battery (8D) switches to ALL and sometimes there is joy and sometimes not. If not, I press the parallel switch on the bridge and sometimes it rolls over and sometimes not. Today I did all the above and nothing worked. Then I tried it without any extra measures and it started. Go figure.
Until today one of the above procedures has always worked but I am stumped as to the cause. The 8D AGM battery is only 4 months old. It takes a charge well and unless the boat is not run for a day or two the starter engages as if nothing has ever been wrong.
This happened when I bought the boat in late July and all assumed it was the battery...so it was replaced.
Intermittent problems are hell. I wish things would just break and get it over with.
Any ideas?
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12-01-2013 05:44 PM #1
Intermittent Starting Problem
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12-01-2013 06:12 PM #2Senior Member
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Re: Intermittent Starting Problem
well I guess it is now trial and error I love chasing the ghost. I would start by checking the voltage at the battery and then work your way inward toward the starter also check your start button I had a bad one in my engine room with similar symptoms sometimes it would work and sometimes it wouldn't. always works now that I changed it.
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Re: Intermittent Starting Problem
Check all terminals for tightness and cleanliness. At that batteries, at the battery switches, and at the starter.
Sky Cheney
1985 53EDMY, Hull #CN759, "Rebecca"
ELYC on White Lake--Montague, MI
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Re: Intermittent Starting Problem
Remove the fastener that attaches the ground cable to the engine block. Clean the cable and the area of the block where it attaches.
Bob
"CRAZY HORSE"
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12-01-2013 07:38 PM #5
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12-01-2013 08:17 PM #6Senior Member
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Re: Intermittent Starting Problem
Replace and adjust the neutral safety switch.