Sailorjohn

From what your saying that makes a lot of sense, I do think it’s to do with the solenoid. I can’t imagine the starter getting jammed tho, Iv just had a new starter put on about 2-3 weeks ago. No the engine started when I turned the isolator switch to turn the battery on so then I could start it like I normally do. the isolator switch didn’t stop the engine tho, I still had to turn it off by the stop handle. A current is definitely travelling through the solenoid to make it start like that.

From what your saying that makes a lot of sense, I do think it’s to do with the solenoid. I can’t imagine the starter getting jammed tho, Iv just had a new starter put on about 2-3 weeks ago. No the engine started when I turned the isolator switch to turn the battery on so then I could start it like I normally do. the isolator switch didn’t stop the engine tho, I still had to turn it off by the stop handle. A current is definitely travelling through the solenoid to make it start like that.

Hello lookking for some advice, I started my boat today and for around 2 hours was all fine. I turned it off for an hour then decided I wanted to take her out. So restarted the engine after 30 mine I smelt burning and could see smoke coming from the starter and it was red hot. after I let it cool I had a tinker around with it & thought I’d start it to check everything was all okay.... my problem is that when I turned the Isolator switch on the engine started! The engine key wasn’t even turned on! Can anyone explain to me what is wrong or why this happened?