First off - Great site!
This summer me and my father purchased a 1997 GTI that on the outside was in great shape. The previous owner had trouble getting it running so we bought it cheap thinking we could put a little money in it and have a good ski. It would start up and run fine on the trailer. Took it to the lake and it started up and ran fine but it would only get to approx. 20 mph and the engine would not rev. up. (holding it WOT) Then if you would hit a wave and the pump would clean out? it would rev. up and then it would take off and run 40-45 mph. As long as you held wide open it run 40-45 until let off again then and then it would bog down until you hit another wave.
My father decided to take it to the stealership to have it worked on. They checked compression. It was good (137 and 136). Said they checked pump and it was good. They said it needed the carbs cleaned and rebuilt. Cleaned and rebuilt carbs. Got it back and took it out same thing. (took 3 weeks to get back)
Back to stealership - This time they said it need and new exhaust pipe. (leaking water into exhaust) Got it back and took it out same thing (took a month to get it back)
Back to stealership - Not to happy - This time they said the shaft driving the pump was slightly bent and needed replaced - Replaced shaft and wear ring. (took a month to get it back)
Got it back and took it out same thing. After some arguing got them to refund some of our money. Not taking it back.
Any ideas on what we could check now. It still has the grey fuel lines on it. After reading this site I talked to the mechanic about the lines (2nd time we took it back) and he acted like I was crazy. He said there was nothing wrong with them. Could this cause the problem I am describing? I plan on relacing them anyway, but wanted to no if you guys had any ideas.
Thanks for your time, sorry for the long post. Any help would be great!
CG
This summer me and my father purchased a 1997 GTI that on the outside was in great shape. The previous owner had trouble getting it running so we bought it cheap thinking we could put a little money in it and have a good ski. It would start up and run fine on the trailer. Took it to the lake and it started up and ran fine but it would only get to approx. 20 mph and the engine would not rev. up. (holding it WOT) Then if you would hit a wave and the pump would clean out? it would rev. up and then it would take off and run 40-45 mph. As long as you held wide open it run 40-45 until let off again then and then it would bog down until you hit another wave.
My father decided to take it to the stealership to have it worked on. They checked compression. It was good (137 and 136). Said they checked pump and it was good. They said it needed the carbs cleaned and rebuilt. Cleaned and rebuilt carbs. Got it back and took it out same thing. (took 3 weeks to get back)
Back to stealership - This time they said it need and new exhaust pipe. (leaking water into exhaust) Got it back and took it out same thing (took a month to get it back)
Back to stealership - Not to happy - This time they said the shaft driving the pump was slightly bent and needed replaced - Replaced shaft and wear ring. (took a month to get it back)
Got it back and took it out same thing. After some arguing got them to refund some of our money. Not taking it back.
Any ideas on what we could check now. It still has the grey fuel lines on it. After reading this site I talked to the mechanic about the lines (2nd time we took it back) and he acted like I was crazy. He said there was nothing wrong with them. Could this cause the problem I am describing? I plan on relacing them anyway, but wanted to no if you guys had any ideas.
Thanks for your time, sorry for the long post. Any help would be great!
CG
