starting problem Seadoo xp 1997

[midnightuk]

My Seadoo xp 1997 takes forever to start, sometimes i have to charge the battery a couple of times to get it to go. Any ideas. If it is warm it usually fires quite quickly.

 

[timmyboy76]

go thru carb/s..

 

[midnightuk]

im only new to the jet ski life, can you advise me further on what i need to be doing and how to do it. Cheers

 

[kustomkarl]

Remove the carbs and clean them. Be careful not to tear the diaphragms and you won't have to buy new ones. Use carb cleaner to clean all the journals too. There are 2 small fine screened filters internally that need attention also. If you get in a jam give us a shout back. Clean carbs should help a lot. You might want to do a compression test too to see what the engine is doing internally too. Compression should be ideally at 150 psi.

Karl