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Old 11-12-2012, 04:28 PM   #1
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I power washed my 09 cart and now it will not drive at all. I dont think it will take a charge either... not sure what to check. Please help. Any ideas?
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Old 11-12-2012, 11:39 PM   #2
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I power washed my 09 cart and now it will not drive at all. I dont think it will take a charge either... not sure what to check. Please help. Any ideas?
the controllers hate water and usually will dry out the next day and work fine. you may want to put a fan drying out the controller area especially if the connector got wet going into it. good luck, i did the same thing on my 08 and took the connector off the controller dried it out and all was good again
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Old 11-13-2012, 06:55 AM   #3
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Take off the front seat bottom and use a leaf blower to dry everything out as best you can. It may just need to sit for a bit after that to completely dry out.
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Old 11-13-2012, 11:28 AM   #4
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Then after you blow all electrical connections out well with the leaf blower spray all connections with wd 40 . It displaces all the water..Works like a charm!
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Old 11-13-2012, 12:44 PM   #5
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Have the same problem with my gas g9 Yamaha. WD 40 huh. Will try it!
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Old 11-13-2012, 04:11 PM   #6
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Wd-40 wasnt originally intended to be used as a lube. It was designed to displace water in electronics and they nailed it on their 40th try .Water displacement test 40 . Just so happened it has great lube properties as well..
Last time I gave this advice the guy attacked me saying I was being condescending. Im not, just not everyone knows that about wd 40
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Old 11-14-2012, 09:59 AM   #7
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I power washed my 09 cart and now it will not drive at all. I dont think it will take a charge either... not sure what to check. Please help. Any ideas?
get your controller dried out.....................................
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Old 11-14-2012, 10:09 AM   #8
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Wd-40 wasnt originally intended to be used as a lube. It was designed to displace water in electronics and they nailed it on their 40th try .Water displacement test 40 . Just so happened it has great lube properties as well..
Last time I gave this advice the guy attacked me saying I was being condescending. Im not, just not everyone knows that about wd 40
An interesting bit of trivia!
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Old 11-14-2012, 01:43 PM   #9
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Never knew that about the WD40...interesting. However it could be a double edge sword because the lubricating components attract dirt.
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Old 11-14-2012, 02:47 PM   #10
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thank you all for all the help. Everything is dry but the cart will not do anything. any suggestions.... it will not take a charge either. maybe this problem is not from the wash but it was driving right before the power wash. what should i check or do? when i try to charge it nothing happens, the volts are reading about 50
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