I have a 1996 GSX. It did not see the water last year because of a few problems and I am still trying to work them out so that I can use it this year. The main problem is that there was an oil leak, I narrowed it down and found a cracked line. I ran it for a little while on premix, but I left the injector pump on the motor and no oil in the tank (there was some oil left in the tubes, I know now that this is bad). I have decided to keep the oil injection but, when I try to prime the pump, I am seeing the it pumping air into the injection lines. Also I believe that there is possibly a little oil leaking from the pump. Is it possible that the pump burned up and now it is sucking a little air from somewhere? Please Help.
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Air in oil injection lines
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You might have a hole in the line if you do then replace before you run it at all. The get the air out of the lines, do this. Before you start it, there is a bleed screw on the oil pump. Open it for a while until you see no air bubbling out of it. Make really sure you got all the air out with the bleeder screw before you fire it up though. Hook the ski to a hose (hose off), Start the ski, turn on the hose, open the pump lever all the way by hand, don't use the throttle. The ski should smoke a little, hold it open for a few seconds and then turn the hose off and then turn the ski off.
That is the exact procedure that I used to bleed the air out of the lines. I drained the old premixed gas out of the tank, but there was still a little in there, so I was not worried about seizing the engine. I bled the pump and I could see oil being pumped through the lines, then I could see air bubbling into the lines. The hoses are new, but they seem a hair too big (I bought them from the hardware store) Maybe I will go to the dealer and buy a new set from them.
The hoses have to be the exact size or smaller but not bigger. They will suck air in them. Get them from seadoo, or click on the " parts" link at the top of the page. Fill the oil in the injector tank, then check the oil line going to the oil injector pump, that attaches to a elbow fitting which allows the oil to flow to the pump. I let the oil drain into the oil line to the pump first and put a small cup at the end of the oil line, to catch the oil coming out of the end of full line. Attach the full oil line to the elbow on the oil pump. There is a bleeder screw on the pump. Lay a rag under the bleeder screw. Open the bleeder screw till the pump has oil coming out. Tighten the bleeder screw. Be sure the oil is full in the small 2 lines also. Let the oil seep out the ends of the small lines to fill the lines as best as you can. Connect the 2 small oil lines from the pump to the carburetors. Where the cable is connected is a Disk,(pump lever) that the cable is attached to. Check that the mark on the pump aligns with the mark on the disk. Apply the throttle with the ENGINE OFF and check that the cable is in sync with the oil injector cable. They should move open and close at the same time. To bleed the 2 small lines and get the bubbles out, start the engine, on the water hose. DO NOT APPLY THROTTLE. Let the engine IDLE. Turn the Disk,( pump lever) that the oil injector cable is attached to, to full open so the air bubbles travel to the carburetors and leave no bubbles in the line. Don’t run the seadoo for more than a couple minutes on the hose.. Recheck all the oil lines and be sure they aren't leaking any oil. If you still have any questions give us a shout.
I hope this helps you out.
Karl
I hope this helps you out.
Karl
Well I bought the Seadoo oil lines over the weekend and I got them installed yesterday. Bled the lines and the oil shot right through the new lines with no air bubbles. When I took it out for a ride, it was running good, but at WOT it will surge between 6,900 and 4,500 rpm. Then after running about 10 minutes through a no wake zone and trying to run, it would barley get past 5,000 rpm. I still have the old gray fuel lines, I am going to swap them out and check clean the carb filters. Where exactly on the carbs are those screens? Thanks.
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