1998 Seadoo GTX low speed hesitation

[Edwinh12]

I’ve got a 1998 GTX limited that is hesitating until about 2500-3k rpms then will just take off and as long as I stay above those rpms, it will ride perfect all day long. The carbs were professionally rebuilt and I feel very confident in them so in this case, let’s say the carbs are perfect so I can rule other things out. After I let off the gas, it seems to wanna hover around 1600-1700 rpms for a few seconds then it will finally come back down to idle which I have set around 1500. I had thought maybe it’s running lean so I pulled the plugs and they’re both rich. For reference - last time I had this ski on the water it would start up and idle perfect but did not like the throttle being touched. I inspected my fuel selector and it appeared to have a leak so I bypassed the selector and the water separator and now she’s running good other than at low speed as stated. I have a new selector on the way but I was told to look into a new pressure relief valve and a check valve. On opening the gas cover, there’s no sound of compressed air coming out. Could that cause the low performance or what else may be causing this?

 

[tobytd]

Check to make sure there is a little slack in the throttle cable.
Check accelerator pump and squirters.
Check RAVE valve operation.

 

[Edwinh12]

Check to make sure there is a little slack in the throttle cable.
Check accelerator pump and squirters.
Check RAVE valve operation.

I’m not sure if this is considered too little slack or not. I’ll attach a picture. Accelerator pump is working and I’m assuming raves are working because I can get the ski up to full speed. I rebuilt them as well.