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My buddies dad is selling a 1998-99 seadoo xp with a brand new motor. He recently had all the gauges replaced and a new starter button.Was wandering how much I should pay? The outside of the ski is in good condition.

Hey everyone, My neighbour has a 96 Seadoo GTI that his landlord has been keeping in his backyard and wants to get rid of. The thing is that it hasn't ran in over 4 years, what would it take to get it running? The engine bay looks like it's in good shape and the tubes and wires look like...

Hey guys. new to the forum, I just bought a Seadoo Challenger 1800 a few weeks back, it has the twin 787 Rotax engines, was running great and all was well, but after the last time I took it out on the water, it started Backfiring at low idle on the passenger side engine. I tried the following...

Hello, I bought a 2007 Seadoo Challenger 1800 in May of this year that needed a new engine. The reason for the original ROTAX engine blowing up was per previous owner a bad supercharger (2007 model with ceramic washers). I had a local certified seadoo dealer install an SBT engine. The...

Hello I'm a newbie to boating in general, not only Sea Doo. I'm looking at two boats and I will likely buy one of them so I appreciate any and all advice you may have. First is a 2001 Utopia 185. Very low hours. Not sure how low but the guy (original owner) says he hasn't even gone...

Hi, I have a 1996 Seadoo GTX Rotax, There is two black covers just behind the spark plugs with a little red circle on top(I have attached photo), 1 is in real good condition(right one) and the other the rubber inside is broken(left one), Can I just leave it off? and if I need it on, what are...

Hey everyone, Hope you guys are having a great new year. I am having an issue with my '09 wakepro. There appears to be an oil leak, when the jetski is running and it looks to be towards the rear of the craft. I did quiet a bit of reading and research and the consensus points toward a bad...

I have a 99 challenger that has two motors that are flooded. One motor was bought earlier this year and has a no fault warranty. I'm in the process of taking the motor out and have hit a wall. Im new at all this and working off videos and forums. Im to the point where i need to get the exhaust...

Hello. I just purchased a 97 Challenger 1800 with the twin 787s. My friends and I took it for a test drive before buying and ran a compression test. We had 130-135 on each plug. It seemed to run fine on the test drive. We transferred it and took it to the river last weekend and it seemed to run...

Seadoo 1995 XP project Hi! About a month ago I bought 2 seadoos XP 1995.. Both have different problems, but I think that i can solve a lot of problems, and if i can have some help maybe in the summer i will have ready at least one skii.. As I am new in the worl of the skiis i would have som...

Hi everyone, i'm from spain, and my english is very very bad. But i think that using the translator and my little knowledge of english we could understand!:p If anybody in the forum speaks spanish i will be lucky!! :D I bought 2 seadoos xp 95 , both are borken and 2 weeks ago i started...

Hello, I am new to this site and pwc's but have quite a bit of experience with engines...as I am an R&D technician for Stihl. I have several questions regarding an engine swap I am attempting...hopefully someone can help. BTW, this is a low/no budget project, I have a manual, and I don't have...

So I've often wondered what originally killed the forward piston on the previous engine (with the previous owner). As I've observed this recent rebuild, I've noticed that my forward cylinder oil line keeps going empty or keeps getting air in it form some where; this might have been the culprit...

Looking for an engine, Mercury Optimax 250 for my 2003 Seadoo Islandia. I would like to replace it with a Rotax engine, but don't know if it's worth it? I would seriously need some guidance on this one by a professional. Anyone with some ideas? Thanks, Rob

so this is my first jet ski and dont know much about them, i took it out on the lake ran great for about 10-20 min. now it will want to take off as soon as you hit the gas then just stay at a low speed. also there are two small hose outlets under the tow hook only one is shooting out water.. is...