brand new motor ,,,power tilt has stopped ,,what to check for ?

A brand new motor that won't tilt or trim is a dealer problem. Maybe they didn't put fluid in the system.

well its less than year ive been on water 20 times,,,if out of fluid shouldnt i hear the thing running anyway ?

fuse?

Relay(s).  

1.)check and or clean battery connections if ok  then go to #2

2.)use jumper to check the solenoid.usually the up and down controls have a blue or green (alot of motors use these colors)wire coming from solenoid to trim/tilt one is trim up the other is trim down.

   a.)connect black jumper wire from battery (negative) to the connection with the black wire.

   b.)now be very careful and connect another jumper wire to  the battery(positive) and this is the careful part touch the other end (positive wire to either the green or the blue wire,and note if the trim goes up or down)if this does not work u probably have a bad trim/motor

>>>>if this operates the trim/tilt check the other color and make sure it works.<<<<< if so you may have a bad ground to the solenoid

or a bad solenoid or a bad switch.(also if this works note which wire is up and which is down)

3.)To check for a bad switch u need a wire tester with a sharp probe the instructions will come with how to use that you'll connect to a good ground or negative battery connection as directed and do the same with the positive probe the swich that the wire which will go from the switch to the trim/tilt(it should have no current one the wire that you probe going from the switch but when its on it should show power(try it both in up mode and down mode the center wire should be power into switch and the other wires shoul be (+) current for trim up and trim down(again make sue you follow the probes instructions)if there is no power then you have a bad switch(these rarely go bad unless they are very cheaply made)if bad replace

4.) if battery is good[step 1],trim/tilt motor is good[step 2]and switch is good[step 3]check solenoid

 a.again be very careful and using the tester as in step 3 only now with the switch on (you will need a helper to oeprate the switch)----use your tester hooked up similar to step 3 check the current going into the solenoid red wire for(+)black for(-)if these are ok as they should be check for positive current by probing the blue and green wires check each as your helper switches the trim up and trim down. If u got these working in step 2 then u should know which wire does what.

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