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Need help new to owning jet boat

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tylor

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Just got a 96 seadoo jet boat well while someone was helping me clean it washing it up an starting it up well why it was running u could smell wire burning am started smoking turn it off an smoking stop can't find out where it was coming from in the back but now the lights want work blower fan want work an bilge want work. But boat still starts up an rin. Anyone ever had this problem. What should I look at or for
 
Well, that's a bummer to start with. Follow the wiring back to the fuse block. Lets make sure someone didn't "up" the fuse rating trying to fix an electrical problem. And welcome to the forum!

The bilge pump is on a 3 amp fuse
The Nav lights are on a 3 amp fuse
The blower is on a 7.5 amp fuse
The accessories are on a 10 amp fuse
 
Sorry to say, you are going to have to dig...

Like Racer said, get your hands in there and start tracing wires..
 
Ok I sure will tomorrow it got dark on us an flashlight just not enough wire trying search for problem. I hoping it somthing simple cause wanna get it out on lake this weekend. By way let me ask this to guy said he couldn't remember what type oil use in it. It's a 2 stroke rotex or I'm probably spelling it wrong but aging I'm a newbie I have only owned inboard outboards. An thanks for yall helping me out I know. Nothing bout these lol
 
You can use the regular XPS mineral oil in it. It's fairly cheap. But if you don't want to use that just make sure it has an API-TC rating. You don't want to use a TCW3 oil or one that covers both API-TC and TCW3. You will want to drain all the old oil and change the inline oil filter to the oil injection pump. But lets get past you electrical issues first. Just be very careful with the electronics.
 
Pulled rear fuse panel cover off. To check fuse the main fuse 20amp was melted put another in the bilge pump turn on even though it was turn off at the switch. .. well then the smoke started to roll pulled main fuse an it started melt to looked at fuse panel up front where steering wheel is an at the panel in there the square block fuse or relay had melted through the fuse panel then check then fuse all good but when I pulled the bilge pump fuse it was black an kinda melted. When there was cleaning boat he said he turn it on an forgot about it for little bit so it wasn't pumping anything. Do u think the bilge messed the fuse panel up or somthing eles
 
Pulled rear fuse panel cover off. To check fuse the main fuse 20amp was melted put another in the bilge pump turn on even though it was turn off at the switch. .. well then the smoke started to roll pulled main fuse an it started melt to looked at fuse panel up front where steering wheel is an at the panel in there the square block fuse or relay had melted through the fuse panel then check then fuse all good but when I pulled the bilge pump fuse it was black an kinda melted. When there was cleaning boat he said he turn it on an forgot about it for little bit so it wasn't pumping anything. Do u think the bilge messed the fuse panel up or somthing eles
 
I would pull the entire panel and look behind it at the wires. There is likely wire damage.


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Ok so got wiring issues took care of took it out to day we'll ran good smoke some but guy got it from said normal. But we we out someone on tube an the boat didn't want to pull it would never plane out and go motor sounded like is was hesitating an sound like was bouncing off a rev limiter. It was also smoking some white smoke some. But it only smoked white when try pulling tube.*
When not pulling tube an in the boat it still like hesitated an took lil to plain out but once it did it would fly no problem . Boat capacity was 4 adults which is the limit on it. Is this normal for the boats or do I have problems going on
 
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