Oil Tank Conundrum

[kambrose]

I Recently drained the oil in my 03' GTX. the tank is located directly below the centre storage compartment but i cannot seem to get the top two screws out. However, my main problem is that i cannot seem to get the fuel line back into the oil tank. I believe it has a rubber cork shaped head that is designed to seal when inserted. It was easy enough to pull it out to suck out the oil in the tank but i cannot reinsert it into the tank as i cannot get the required force to get it back in. Any suggestions for roving the top storage compartment or how to get the cork back in?

 

[dlowings]

Are you talking about the rubber gromit that goes in the bottom of the tank ? If you are dont force it, I did that and cracked the tank.. Had to replace all that Tank and Gromit.

 

[kambrose]

no it is inserted into a circular hole cut into the top of the plastic oil tank. it is almost directly below the center storage compartment directly aft of the stearing console.

 

[kambrose]

my apologies dlowings it is a grommet however it is the one on the top of the tank as shown Here

Its number 25 that i am having trouble with

 

[dlowings]

It's the same grommit, I bet if I spent the time to look up the part number they are one in the same.. I had the same issue with the lower grommit. after a few years they get hard.. Interesting thing was that when I ordered a new one it slipped right it... I remember thinking to myself this thing is going to leak bigtime, but it never did... I tried to force the old grommit in and that is what split my tank. All I can say is be carefull. Maybe sit it out in the sun and let it soften up if your not waning to spend 5 bucks on a new one. it does not screw out, it pulls out as there is only ONE lip holding it in. BE CAREFULL . the good thing is your working with the top of the tank, when I was working with the bottom grommit I ran into huge issues. It ended up costing me a brand new tank.. By the time I got done with it the thing worked like a charm. Never leaked a drop, but I learned what not to do the hard way...

 

[kambrose]

any ideas of where to get the correct grommet?

 

[dlowings]

The part number is 293720008 and after looking it up I did find the part number for the top and bottom grommit are the same.. You can order the grommit from any seadoo dealer. I have a few places I go online, I think you can even order the part from this web site under one of the links.

 

[kambrose]

Ah sorry it looks like i have a 96 sea doo and what i had thought was the grommet is actually the oil level sensor. i doubt it was supposed to come out in the first place but how do i get it back in?