JTRICK8806
New Member
Hello, I am new to this forum and to PWCs. I was hoping that my first post here wouldn't be asking for help to fix a problem, but here it goes.
I had my 1995 XP out today for the first time since I bought it and everything was feeling great, good idle and lots of power. I came to the shore to pick up my mom to give her a ride. When I started the engine again it cranked a little longer than normal before it started, but everything felt fine still. A little later I noticed a loss of power at about half throttle and higher. It went away at first but soon came back. So I drove back to the shore and pulled the plugs to see how they looked, and they looked just fine (brown color and no oil residue). I put them back in and went back out, but the condition continued and it began to stall when I let off the throttle. I had to start the engine over and over to try to get back to the shore, but I eventually wore out the battery and had to tow it back.
I had charged the battery the night before so it should have had a good charge on it. There were no warning lights or sounds. Also, while my mom was trying to get on, the ski rolled on its side and we fell off twice. I didn't think about it at the time, but should I have tipped it back the other direction like the sticker on the hull says to? Or is that for complete roll overs? What does that do for the ski when I tip it 90 degrees?
Thanks for any input.
I had my 1995 XP out today for the first time since I bought it and everything was feeling great, good idle and lots of power. I came to the shore to pick up my mom to give her a ride. When I started the engine again it cranked a little longer than normal before it started, but everything felt fine still. A little later I noticed a loss of power at about half throttle and higher. It went away at first but soon came back. So I drove back to the shore and pulled the plugs to see how they looked, and they looked just fine (brown color and no oil residue). I put them back in and went back out, but the condition continued and it began to stall when I let off the throttle. I had to start the engine over and over to try to get back to the shore, but I eventually wore out the battery and had to tow it back.
I had charged the battery the night before so it should have had a good charge on it. There were no warning lights or sounds. Also, while my mom was trying to get on, the ski rolled on its side and we fell off twice. I didn't think about it at the time, but should I have tipped it back the other direction like the sticker on the hull says to? Or is that for complete roll overs? What does that do for the ski when I tip it 90 degrees?
Thanks for any input.