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1995 hx 717 need help fixing
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Ok it ran great for five minutes. Then wife rode for five minutes said ot started to bog down. Jumped on it ran fine for another 5 min then was bogging and trying to die then finally died. Had to wait a minute then it started again and ran but kept bogging and dieing. Now i think battery is dead from restarting so much and it just gives a single click when pressing start. I am charging battery. Any suggestions? Not sure where to start. After it sits it will run for a minutes then die.
It was a loose wire, it runs perfectly now or seems too. I am posting a bunch of pictures i took incase somebody needs them for reference after taking one of thses apart.
Some things i learned that cost me big problems.
1) when removing carb bolts if they are hard to budge don't risk it. Soak with break free then remove. Make your own break free with a mixture of antifreeze and and acetone 50% each. Put in a squirt bottle it works better than store bought. I broke off 2 bolt on carb that broke into the oil intake housing that cost me big time. If it happens remove intake with carbs attachedand drill out on press and the tap and die if you screw it up.
2) take a video of all hose and cable connections. I could count the threads on the cable so then when i put carbs back on i could watch vid and set it back to what it was.
3) have an angle telescopic magnet ready because when u drop something your screwed it a black hole in the engine bay eats everything you drop.
4) have medications ready.. whiskey, pot, beer whatever because its frustrating trying to get your tools and hand to reach around to unbolt certain pieces. Enougb where a beer break becomes neccessary to keeo your sanity.
It wont let me post most of the videos because they are too big. pm me if anyone needs them.
Some things i learned that cost me big problems.
1) when removing carb bolts if they are hard to budge don't risk it. Soak with break free then remove. Make your own break free with a mixture of antifreeze and and acetone 50% each. Put in a squirt bottle it works better than store bought. I broke off 2 bolt on carb that broke into the oil intake housing that cost me big time. If it happens remove intake with carbs attachedand drill out on press and the tap and die if you screw it up.
2) take a video of all hose and cable connections. I could count the threads on the cable so then when i put carbs back on i could watch vid and set it back to what it was.
3) have an angle telescopic magnet ready because when u drop something your screwed it a black hole in the engine bay eats everything you drop.
4) have medications ready.. whiskey, pot, beer whatever because its frustrating trying to get your tools and hand to reach around to unbolt certain pieces. Enougb where a beer break becomes neccessary to keeo your sanity.
It wont let me post most of the videos because they are too big. pm me if anyone needs them.
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I took the rectifier out of the other seadoo and it didnt work. I also disconnected the red wire to rectifier and it ran worse. Any other suggestions i appreciate all the help.. when i rebuilt carb i didn't replace jets because the carb kit didnt come with them wondering before i goto carbs again if there is something else i can try. We live on a weedy lake and im also wondering if it would do this if something got sucked into the water intake. The hose in back is clear of debris so i feel its doubtful
Still have same problem i even checked carbs and the filters in carb were clean too. I didnt do new needles and seats. But it ran great. I thought maybe spark plugs even though they are new. Tomorrow i will get plugs and see what happens then do the computer. One of the carbs has a striped screw that hold on the plate to get to jets so i haven't messed with it.
Well i guess i will take off carbs again and try to get that screw out thats stripped so i can check jets. I cant figure out why it ran great and then my buddy rode it and the last time he fell off it immediately had this problem at startup. Before i take off carbs is there any other suggestions? I noticed today that its backfiring badly at full throttle also which is now leading me back to carbs.
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