yes the head had sealent leaking out on the bad motor which ,ost likely means the previous owner knew what was up. Yea, all the the independent guys around here are 50-100 per hour with so much work they can raise their rates if they want... i see 10 jetskis 15 motorcycles , 3 boats and 20 lawnmowers on a one man show in the yard!. good point on the compression test , that was from the first guy i left. what do you think about 1500 for a new (i'm guessing rebuilt motor since they want the core) from seadoo with all seadoo parts, i was told this would be better than the ebay guy since parts would be aftermkt/....