Hi all new guy here and to Sea-Doos I also own a Kawasaki X2 for the last 30+ years so not new to skis.
I picked up a 94 GTS I believe to be a 580 back then white engine. It hadn't been ran for a couple years. It popped right off in the garage and found the drive shaft splines we're stripped. Replaced the shaft, bearings, wear ring and off to the lake.
It starts fine idles fine and for the first 3 months ran fine after a few minutes of putzing around, figured it just needed to warm up, she's old. I would just get about 1/4 throttle and occasionally get a burst of power until it snapped out of it and then ran fine until it sat for a while and start the "warming up" process over again next time.
Well the last couple times trying to ride it, it never snaps out of whatever was going on for the first few minutes. I only get about 1/4 throttle and just won't go any faster. Doesn't bog down with full throttle just doesn't go faster. Can let off the throttle and no change until about 1/4 and then it slows down. Pulling the choke out slowly doesn't help just kills it. I'm pretty sure the linkage is correct, didn't do anything to the carbs until I had problems.
Kind of seems like a low oil protection most oil injected engines have "limp mode" but it's full.
I have rebuilt the carbs and no change. They were very clean when I opened them up and little wear on the rubbers.
It's got me stumped. Is there a low oil sensor on these models I should check or disconnect and try it? I'm at a loss for what else it could be. I don't think this has RAVE valves but I don't know for sure, any help will be appreciated.
I picked up a 94 GTS I believe to be a 580 back then white engine. It hadn't been ran for a couple years. It popped right off in the garage and found the drive shaft splines we're stripped. Replaced the shaft, bearings, wear ring and off to the lake.
It starts fine idles fine and for the first 3 months ran fine after a few minutes of putzing around, figured it just needed to warm up, she's old. I would just get about 1/4 throttle and occasionally get a burst of power until it snapped out of it and then ran fine until it sat for a while and start the "warming up" process over again next time.
Well the last couple times trying to ride it, it never snaps out of whatever was going on for the first few minutes. I only get about 1/4 throttle and just won't go any faster. Doesn't bog down with full throttle just doesn't go faster. Can let off the throttle and no change until about 1/4 and then it slows down. Pulling the choke out slowly doesn't help just kills it. I'm pretty sure the linkage is correct, didn't do anything to the carbs until I had problems.
Kind of seems like a low oil protection most oil injected engines have "limp mode" but it's full.
I have rebuilt the carbs and no change. They were very clean when I opened them up and little wear on the rubbers.
It's got me stumped. Is there a low oil sensor on these models I should check or disconnect and try it? I'm at a loss for what else it could be. I don't think this has RAVE valves but I don't know for sure, any help will be appreciated.
