robgoggins
New member
Hi all, I'm relatively new to this board - and VERY new to snowmobiling. I recently started another thread titled something along the lines of "How much snow is needed to ride" and received very helpful replies. But this is a different question so I thought I'd start another thread.
About a month ago we purchased two "new" snowmobiles from a dealer. One was a 2017 that is obviously brand new, and the other is a leftover model, a 2015 Ski-Doo MXZ 800 two-stroke. This 2015 model doesn't have any miles on it, so even though it's a year old, it's "new".
Here's the problem: the 2015 won't start. The 2017 starts up just fine. Both have electric starts among many other bells and whistles. When I try to fire up the 2015 all I get is this "electric sound". Imagine one of those small, electric handheld car vacuums...that's sort of the sound I hear when I push the starter button. At first I thought maybe the battery was dead, but I assume there's enough battery power if I'm getting that electric sound. Although now that I type that sentence I recall that the digital display didn't light up at all...so maybe the battery is dead?! Anyway, I don't hear any sound at all that would lead me to believe it's trying to "turn over". I'm following all detailed directions in the operating manual in terms of the starting procedure.
If you all think it's worth trying to charge the battery, what size battery charger should I put on it? I remember when we had a dead battery on our jet skis last summer the dealership told me I would fry the computer if we used a car battery charger. So we purchased a smaller charger (can't recall the specifics), and I'm assuming that would work on a snowmobile battery? Of course I'd have to find the d*mn battery first!
Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
About a month ago we purchased two "new" snowmobiles from a dealer. One was a 2017 that is obviously brand new, and the other is a leftover model, a 2015 Ski-Doo MXZ 800 two-stroke. This 2015 model doesn't have any miles on it, so even though it's a year old, it's "new".
Here's the problem: the 2015 won't start. The 2017 starts up just fine. Both have electric starts among many other bells and whistles. When I try to fire up the 2015 all I get is this "electric sound". Imagine one of those small, electric handheld car vacuums...that's sort of the sound I hear when I push the starter button. At first I thought maybe the battery was dead, but I assume there's enough battery power if I'm getting that electric sound. Although now that I type that sentence I recall that the digital display didn't light up at all...so maybe the battery is dead?! Anyway, I don't hear any sound at all that would lead me to believe it's trying to "turn over". I'm following all detailed directions in the operating manual in terms of the starting procedure.
If you all think it's worth trying to charge the battery, what size battery charger should I put on it? I remember when we had a dead battery on our jet skis last summer the dealership told me I would fry the computer if we used a car battery charger. So we purchased a smaller charger (can't recall the specifics), and I'm assuming that would work on a snowmobile battery? Of course I'd have to find the d*mn battery first!
Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
