Hello Everyone!
I currently own a 1996 seadoo GTI that I cleaned up and brought back to life with a little elbow grease and TLC around 2013 (and a bit of help/ideas from this forum!). Recently, I came across a good old fashioned craigslist ad for another 96 seadoo GTI that I picked up for $100 (figured having a second one would be easy/familiar to work on). When I went to see the ski, it was complete and in good condition, but I quickly found out there was liquid in the engine. I could turn the engine by hand, but with the spark plugs out you could feel and hear the liquid in the engine. Since the guy came down on the price to $100 I picked it up anyway, figuring for $100 I've got all the spares I could need.
As I started pulling stuff apart, I quickly found the liquid in the engine was oil (luckily I guess, compared to water), and the oil looks to be uncontaminated as well.
As you can see, the engine was so full that that carbs were full to the brim. I used a syringe and tubing to suck up oil out of the carbs to minimize the mess when I go to remove them. Every time I sucked out the oil, I spun the engine by hand a few times, and the carbs would refill. I did this a number of times to make sure there was no water, for fear of freezing during the winter (In Maryland). I pulled out roughly 600ml of oil.
Anyway, the main point of this post is to get opinions on where to start with this. I have two different Seadoo manuals from working on my other seadoo, and am not opposed to pulling the motor and splitting it - however, if I can avoid it, that would certainly be nice too! I've read a few other posts of people having oil in the engine, and that crank seals and/or RV seals could potentially be the culprit after sitting for long periods of time.
Again looking for ideas/opinions on what the issue may be, and where to start.
Thanks!
I currently own a 1996 seadoo GTI that I cleaned up and brought back to life with a little elbow grease and TLC around 2013 (and a bit of help/ideas from this forum!). Recently, I came across a good old fashioned craigslist ad for another 96 seadoo GTI that I picked up for $100 (figured having a second one would be easy/familiar to work on). When I went to see the ski, it was complete and in good condition, but I quickly found out there was liquid in the engine. I could turn the engine by hand, but with the spark plugs out you could feel and hear the liquid in the engine. Since the guy came down on the price to $100 I picked it up anyway, figuring for $100 I've got all the spares I could need.
As I started pulling stuff apart, I quickly found the liquid in the engine was oil (luckily I guess, compared to water), and the oil looks to be uncontaminated as well.
As you can see, the engine was so full that that carbs were full to the brim. I used a syringe and tubing to suck up oil out of the carbs to minimize the mess when I go to remove them. Every time I sucked out the oil, I spun the engine by hand a few times, and the carbs would refill. I did this a number of times to make sure there was no water, for fear of freezing during the winter (In Maryland). I pulled out roughly 600ml of oil.
Anyway, the main point of this post is to get opinions on where to start with this. I have two different Seadoo manuals from working on my other seadoo, and am not opposed to pulling the motor and splitting it - however, if I can avoid it, that would certainly be nice too! I've read a few other posts of people having oil in the engine, and that crank seals and/or RV seals could potentially be the culprit after sitting for long periods of time.
Again looking for ideas/opinions on what the issue may be, and where to start.
Thanks!
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