Hey guys,
I am fairly new to the Seadoo PWC scene and picked up a 2000 GTX RFI from a buddy recently.
It wasn't running and the hull was a mess. I ran over most of the fuses - and replaced three of them. I also changed the old leaky oil tank.
When I tried to restart, it would not and it turned out the starter was also shot, so that too was replaced. somehow, she just would not turn over. It turns out that there was oil in the cylinder - the front one specifically.
So we pumped out the oil from it, buttoned things up and she fired right up. She was fairly smoky - but given everything plus the fact I put seafoam in the gas tank I didnt think too much of that.
We then took it to the lake for a test run. She was still smokey in the water and did not want to idle longer then 5 min. However, when driven, she ran really really strong.
After the test run, we brought it home to go over everything again. The spark plugs themselves were very loose (they were hand tight only), so we took them out to inspect them, and they didn't look too terrible.
I then set up the hoses and adapters and to my surprise, no additional oil was pumped out of the cylinders nor are there any signs of leaks.
Once the spark plugs were back in, they were torqued in to avoid the previous hand tightening and she fired right up. But she is still smokey.
Is this smoke normal given what I've noted here or is there something else that I need to address?
The engine shows that she only has 85hours on it, so this thing is fairly new. I have attached a video for reference regarding the smoke.
I am fairly new to the Seadoo PWC scene and picked up a 2000 GTX RFI from a buddy recently.
It wasn't running and the hull was a mess. I ran over most of the fuses - and replaced three of them. I also changed the old leaky oil tank.
When I tried to restart, it would not and it turned out the starter was also shot, so that too was replaced. somehow, she just would not turn over. It turns out that there was oil in the cylinder - the front one specifically.
So we pumped out the oil from it, buttoned things up and she fired right up. She was fairly smoky - but given everything plus the fact I put seafoam in the gas tank I didnt think too much of that.
We then took it to the lake for a test run. She was still smokey in the water and did not want to idle longer then 5 min. However, when driven, she ran really really strong.
After the test run, we brought it home to go over everything again. The spark plugs themselves were very loose (they were hand tight only), so we took them out to inspect them, and they didn't look too terrible.
I then set up the hoses and adapters and to my surprise, no additional oil was pumped out of the cylinders nor are there any signs of leaks.
Once the spark plugs were back in, they were torqued in to avoid the previous hand tightening and she fired right up. But she is still smokey.
Is this smoke normal given what I've noted here or is there something else that I need to address?
The engine shows that she only has 85hours on it, so this thing is fairly new. I have attached a video for reference regarding the smoke.
