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2001 seadoo gti (717) quick help
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If this is an actual picture of your machine the cable for the oil pump is unhooked, rotate the oil pump arm Clockwise ( I believe ) against the spring Tension anyways. There’s a little slot in the size of the arm to slide the oil pump cable in, make sure you Mark’s on the oil pump lever and pump body are lines up and make sure the pump operates properly when the throttle is pushed. Also, those look like original oil lines, should probably change those before one cracks and causes engine failure
I just replaced my carb on my 2001 seadoo gti 717. After I finished I started the boat and it seemed like it was doing fine. After I turned it off I can’t get it to start again. For some reason the motor will not turn over while the spark plugs are in, yet it turns over fine when they are out. Any ideas and fixes for this?
Put a volt meter on the battery while cranking, sounds like a possible bad battery. If volts go below 10.5 while cranking, I think you would need a new battery
If a battery has a bad cell or plate it won’t work properly even with a jump
Pack, I would mesure the volts while cranking to start, also maybe check your grounds and ground cable, Try homing the ground cable. Was it ever a salt water ski? From what I read they can be a nightmare for corrosion
Pack, I would mesure the volts while cranking to start, also maybe check your grounds and ground cable, Try homing the ground cable. Was it ever a salt water ski? From what I read they can be a nightmare for corrosion
Was just about to post same, no jump pack and not from a running vehicle either
I don’t know exactly which electrical components It is but it can damage something electrical , maybe the MPEM,
2strokeboy
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Id recommend to hook up that cable because your going to burn a lot of oil and its gonna be smoky.
So I got the new battery in and hooked everything back up, and I was able to start the boat. But now for some reason it would only start if I was holding the throttle wide open, and once it got running it sounded fine. Choke seemed to not help when starting it. Not sure why. I didn’t try to idle it cause I was on land and didn’t want to overheat it. Could the new carb need adjusting?
DaddyLoafin
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yeah, you should have checked to make sure the jets and the pop off is correct and make sure the low speed and high speed screws are at the correct setting
I have set everything on the carb to how the book says, but for whatever the reason, the boat won’t start without the throttle being wide open (no matter where the choke is), and when on the water it wouldn’t get over 30. Also. When it is running, it will not idle at all Any ideas what to do next?
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Update on the seadoo:
Took it back out in the water to run it more. And it was acting weird at first. It would stay under the 30 mph mark but then after a while of going at that speed the boat seemed to find more power and would get up to 40. Well my throttle cable started sticking open at the carb (not sure why). And after running at 40 for a while, I saw my speed needle drop to zero and a second later the boat just died. It had no power at all. Wouldn’t even beep with the key being put in. Back on land I notice one of the yellow “5” fuse was blown. Any ideas to my issues?
Took it back out in the water to run it more. And it was acting weird at first. It would stay under the 30 mph mark but then after a while of going at that speed the boat seemed to find more power and would get up to 40. Well my throttle cable started sticking open at the carb (not sure why). And after running at 40 for a while, I saw my speed needle drop to zero and a second later the boat just died. It had no power at all. Wouldn’t even beep with the key being put in. Back on land I notice one of the yellow “5” fuse was blown. Any ideas to my issues?
