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Holiday 2018 46 Disponible en línea en español.
Alex Salomatoff.
If you have a question for Master
Mechanic and Owner of Alex’s
Marine Plus in New Windsor, NY,
simply call Alex at 845-565-9199
or e-mail,
ALEX SALOMATOFF HAS
THE ANSWERS TO YOURBOAT
QUESTIONS!
Q: Hi Alex, I own a 2007 Yamaha waverunner and it is is hard to start.
I charged up the battery and the battery will last a few turns and then
the whole things dies. I bought a new battery, and everything. I think the
waverunner has a dead short somewhere, yet it ran great when I put it away
last year! I’ll drop it off at your shop today to see what I find.
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Alex: After checking out his waverunner,
here is what we found. First, all new batteries
come dry, that is you need to fill the cells with
electrolyte after
you buy the battery
and get it into the
waverunner. There
are usually two
bottles of electrolyte
fluid that you must
use completely to
fill each cell. The
caps are removed,
the little hose that
comes with the
bottle is attached
and each cell is then
filled.
This fluid is very
corrosive and will
eat up anything it
comes in contact
with. When filling
the cells you must
ALWAYS wear eye
and hand protection
and after filling the
cells, you need to