Rick R.
Contributing Partner
Took my son on a trip in the Gulf to Orange Beach, Alabama on Friday. The wind was light so we motored for about three hours before turning off the engine and raising the sails. After trying to sail for 30 minutes on a run in very light winds, I restarted the engine using the typical 30 seconds on the glow plug button before pressing start.When I pressed start, the engine turned over very slowly but did start. When we arrived at the marina in Alabama, I got a ride to West to replace one of the batteries. New battery in place, the boat fired right up. We ran it for a few minutes, turned it off and tried to restart it. When we did it cranked kind of slow again.Questions:1 Do you have to hold the glow plug button for 20 to 30 seconds after its warm?2 I cleaned the battery cables at the batteries, they did not look corroded or bad. Any ideas what could be the cause?Thanks in advance for your input.