Recently purchased my first Skis, a 1996 GTX 787 and a 1992 SPI with a motor swap to 717. After a few weeks of tinkering (and a lot of help from the great people on this forum). I have them both running and hope to get them to the lake for a first water test this weekend.
I can tell that the PO did a premix conversion on the SPI as the oil pump is laying in the bottom of the hull and I found the input nipples capped off. The GTX looks to be intact but there was old premix gas in the tank when I drained it. I contacted the PO and he confirmed he ran premix. SO premix it is in both at least for the time being and I figure out how to confirm if oil injection is working or not in GTX.
My question is HOW to best handle that volume of premix, and of course be able to refuel? Do I have to use Jerry cans and mix 5 gallons at a time, or is it possible to fill the tank and add oil directly? It looks like the GTX has about a 15 gallon tank, and the SPI 7 gallons so 5 gallons at a time will be a pain.
I can not seem to find a straight answer anywhere so I am looking for suggestions of what others do.
I can tell that the PO did a premix conversion on the SPI as the oil pump is laying in the bottom of the hull and I found the input nipples capped off. The GTX looks to be intact but there was old premix gas in the tank when I drained it. I contacted the PO and he confirmed he ran premix. SO premix it is in both at least for the time being and I figure out how to confirm if oil injection is working or not in GTX.
My question is HOW to best handle that volume of premix, and of course be able to refuel? Do I have to use Jerry cans and mix 5 gallons at a time, or is it possible to fill the tank and add oil directly? It looks like the GTX has about a 15 gallon tank, and the SPI 7 gallons so 5 gallons at a time will be a pain.
I can not seem to find a straight answer anywhere so I am looking for suggestions of what others do.