I guarantee that if you find the root cause of the problem the ski will run properly.
Indo believe this, thats why its so hard for me to give up
Nothing worked. Ended up the fuel line from the baffle to the carb, though new, Nothing I did addressed the problem and once I replaced the hose all was well. LOL Good Luck !!
I love these ah ha moments
As for your Mom's premonition... I wouldn't discount it completely. Mom's can have uncanny abilities of spiritual things.
let's hard for me not to right now.
Event though I feel like I'm not through part at the problem, it appear that I am.
The story goes, I got the ski for $800, supposedly ran great but seller stated it sat a while and needed the carbs done but she had 130 psi compression so i pulled the trigger. When I got it, since it was old I did the following:
Changed the grey lines that were left, I left two lines. The ones going to the fuel to the carb, they were clear line that looked fine. This will come back haunt me. I got rid of all the old fuel, opened the carbs and everything looked good. I changed all the filters and valves, just because who knows when was the last time they were done. The jet pump wear ring looked chewed up, so I pulled the pump and just rebuilt it. regressed the whole thing and I was off onto the water. where she broke down.
I took her home and she refuse to start. Wouldn't start with starter spray or fuel in the cylinders. I thought, is she not exhausting? I checked the water box and it was completely filled with water and thought, maybe she not getting any exhaust that's why she not starting. I emptied the water box and she started right away. hip hip hurray, I though. I take her back on the water and she stalls again. Back to the drawing board I went. I check water box again and it's clear. she got spark, 130 compression, and fuel in the spark plug hole, still not even a caugh to attemp to start. I research here and discover the Rotary valve cover. I get my feeler gauge and check the my service manual (i downloaded it once I got the ski). The clearance is supposed to be .350mm. My clearance was .500mm. I sent the cover to get serviced and when it arrived, I do the service. Strange thing I noticed inside the engine rotary valve ports, the 2T oil looked a little milky, wondering why there was water in the engine. Did some research and maybe my friend towed me too fast on the last breakdown? I drain the milky oil and put everything. She starts like a champ and I take her out and she cuts off again.
I get analyzing again and the stator was out of spec. I couldn't find anything else wrong with her to refuse to start, so I say screw it and changed the stator. The regulator looked horrible, rusted to no ends, so I changed it for good measure as well. She starts and in the trailer withba hose, everything seemed to check out. Intake her out again and she breaks down stalls and refuses to start (every single stall I mention happened after a half an hour of running fine) I take her home and noticed that water was seeping out of the cylinder head. I pull the head and what i discovered was the cylinder walls were warped really badly allowing water intrusion into the engine. A member on here told me that he had a warped cylinder once and it caused all type of running issues. I bought a seal kit to try to save it but after the seal replacement with a shit load of RV silicone, she started right up and ran great for 45 minutes until she stall again. The seals completely failed and the engine was flooded with water. I discovered this when i got home. I didn't want to spend money to rebuild the engine but I was committed at this point. I found a guy selling two GS for $500. I go check them out and one has a mint engine with 145psi compression. With that ski, all the oil leaked out onto the hull. I do the engine swap and when I'm done, she refused to show sign of life. I discover that the rear battery box was bad likely due to bad rusting. Thank God I still had the GS, which had a mint battery box. I swap that and she fires up like a champ. Incouldnt wait to take her out. The next day, i couldn't take her out because the hull was full-on oil. WTF!!! did I inherit the oil leak issue that the GS had? The oil looked like it was coming from the oil pump, so i put my old oil pump back in. Nope, oil leak continued. Next day, i discover that the oil line had a pinch. After fix that i think I'm good to go. I take her out the next day and she ran great for two hours
This is the first time she's ran pass 20 or 30 minutes. upon my return she dies. I thought she I ran out of gas but after looking it over, It's a fuel issue, and this is where I'm at now. Other silly things happened which kept her from going out, like the muffler sprank a leak and other little stuff, like my trailer bunk collapsed due to rust. That ski seems to just be riddled with bad luck, hense this post lol...
I thought that when I found the nipples on the fuel baffle crushed that I'd have solved the problem but that didn't work. Nothing I did addressed the problem and once I replaced the hose all was well. LOL Good Luck !!