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I had my 96 backfire out the carbs recently as well. Took the engine out to get to the bottom of it. It looks like my rotary valve lip seal was worn out a bit and leaking oil at the small place where the circular pop clip doesn't cover the seal. Hard to explain but I will put a pic to show if...

Oh man thats definitely seen better days! So I'm thinking the reason I was having those perpetual oil issues might have been because of the type of oil in it. I bought it 6 months ago from some back woods folks that claimed they used the quicksilver synthetic blend oil in the engine and that it...

Welp I had a few beers and decided to just pull the engine. Wouldn't recommend doing that without one friend at least lol my neck still hurts.. anyways it looks like my pistons have seen better days.. one in particular looks bad. Ive ordered a top end kit but im wondering if I need to replace...

Fouled now 6 plugs. Taken it out 3 times now and run it around 20-30 mins. Been unable to get over 7mph due to back firing oil. Its like it can't get enough rpms in the water to get going enough to burn off the oil..

So my 96 XP problem child is trying to not get going before winter. I initially was having some trouble starting the ski that led to it not turning over at all. After going through literally everything electrical before i popped open the mag housing and discovered the trigger/igniton coil had...

That's tough luck there! I had my impeller shaft break off in the impeller about a month back. I feel that pain.

So I retested compression with another compression tester and it appears the tester i rented from auto zone was bad.. I got a reading of 142 on the mag side and 135 on the pto. This isn't that bad is it? Does it still need a rebuild? Don't want to do it unless I need to

Before i pull it. I'm going to test the compression on my 96 xp which I know had 150 on both heads with a different tester. And test it again on this gtx to be sure. I changed the carbon ring out and ran it again today and it had more pick up and would go 49mph.. Started and ran smoothly.. I...

So I bought another old ski 2 weeks ago and have been trying to get it running great. 97 seadoo gtx. It needed a starter wear ring and carbon seal to get rolling OK. Top speed is 48 on my GPS. A bit slow for what it should be with new ring so I checked compression today. Looks like both...

got it all on and installed. Tested it out yesterday and got causing at 54 mph after the warm up. Happy I didn't mess up the engine! The worx intake grate definitely helps hold you in the water fyi

Were you able to clear it out? Id just blow compressed air through the holes after spraying carb cleaner till you can blow it through. Either clogged or pinched

yea I had to put carb cleaner in there and then used an air compressor to force the crap out. Can get clogged from the old fuel lines and from previous inadequate carb cleanings. You haven't really messed with those carbs till you've taken them out at least 5 times lol.

It doesn't look too bad but I'm not taking any chances it's so cheap. Got another set coming. Hopefully everything will be here by Friday so I can test this weekend

Thanks that's what I thought. The rednecks stuck again. Got one on the way

There is an external fuel filter that is known to have o ring leaking issues. Checking the O ring for leaks is a minimum. As far as putting in an inline filter that is clear and has the same diameters might not be recommended, but nor is installing any aftermarket part. I prefer to see my...

I'm thinking maybe your fuel filter 0 ring is bad and when your engine tries to pump in fuel its sucking air in through that instead. I installed an in line filter to avoid this happening. Also when you took out the fuel sending unit in the tank did you inspect that no gunk had clogged up your...

prob your battery. Be sure to unhook it from the ski before charging. Id get another one to test out and see if that magically fixes everything. Might be ur rectifier going bad as well.

can anyone confirm the correct direction of the oil filter. Mine appears to have an arrow indicating the flow should be going the other way.. still seems to be getting oil though

Looks like the pump has imploded.. Ordered another pump and shaft/bearings. Round 2..

Checked the plugs and they are ok. Also the rav valve i pulled out looks just crazy dirty with carbon. Just cleaned them with a wire brush a few weeks ago. Should it be getting covered with carbon that fast? Might have to do a top end this winter too along with the oem carb rebuild..