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Hi Guys. After a really frustrating holiday with my new(ish) Spark I was hoping someone has come across this problem before?
After leaving the ski with my brother for 15 minutes I returned to find it on the bank full of water! He'd apparently rolled the ski and the inspection cover had 'popped off' filling the ski with water (I've now seen he threads re a recall on inspection covers - possibly related?). Anyway, after removing the lid and the spark plugs I pumped the water out of the engine (yes - it had taken it in) and set about changing the oil etc. All done, Spark then fired up and ran fine - no issues.
Next morning the Sparks display was still lit and, pushing the starter, nothing happened - it was as if the Spark had not shut down properly. I removed the negative terminal on the battery and the Spark reset itself and was all ok....until next morning when the same thing happened! This time as soon as I 'reset' by removing the battery terminal the Spark would start but, if I waited about 20 seconds after replacing the terminal, it all shut down again (display still on - no start). I'm thinking a relay has got water in it? Any clues guys??
After leaving the ski with my brother for 15 minutes I returned to find it on the bank full of water! He'd apparently rolled the ski and the inspection cover had 'popped off' filling the ski with water (I've now seen he threads re a recall on inspection covers - possibly related?). Anyway, after removing the lid and the spark plugs I pumped the water out of the engine (yes - it had taken it in) and set about changing the oil etc. All done, Spark then fired up and ran fine - no issues.
Next morning the Sparks display was still lit and, pushing the starter, nothing happened - it was as if the Spark had not shut down properly. I removed the negative terminal on the battery and the Spark reset itself and was all ok....until next morning when the same thing happened! This time as soon as I 'reset' by removing the battery terminal the Spark would start but, if I waited about 20 seconds after replacing the terminal, it all shut down again (display still on - no start). I'm thinking a relay has got water in it? Any clues guys??