Hi all,
New to the forum and owning, by myself, a jet ski. I got, which I still consider an amazing deal, a 2001 gti., 2cycle Rotax with a like New trailer for $750,fresh water, one owner 20 years, consistently maintained, by him, amazing condition.
Then he got into trouble. He rebuild the carburetor. When he couldn't get it running he replaced all major ignition peace's and bought a new carburetor. After not being able to get it running he finally gave up.
We actually got her running the night we pick her up because we found out that he flipped the fuel and the vent line !! Wow ! Would tell him, but I think it would make him feel bad.
So after playing with the idle and low mixture screw she's driving fine, a little slow to take off. There's just one issue first I have full throttle, but then after a while it will slow down for a while If I hold the throttle wide open it will go a set speed but then surge to where it should be. and after running it for a while i cant et it to speed up at all. The weird thing though is that if i can hit a wave and get the ski in the air i hear the impeller speed up and that ounce i land it stays there, and I get full throttle again. If I hit a wake every so often its almost like there's no problem at all
This sounds like a fuel problem, and I haven't replaced the lines yet which is the next step, I understand how those get gummed up. I don't think though that it's an immediate fuel problem because he did replace the standard fuel filter that hangs down from the top of the engine bay, with a sizable clear bulb, and that is full all the time. But that hangs low at engine height, my next step is to find the filter that is proper but that will take a week and we're on vacation this week. Is there anything else here you all might suggest we look at??
New to the forum and owning, by myself, a jet ski. I got, which I still consider an amazing deal, a 2001 gti., 2cycle Rotax with a like New trailer for $750,fresh water, one owner 20 years, consistently maintained, by him, amazing condition.
Then he got into trouble. He rebuild the carburetor. When he couldn't get it running he replaced all major ignition peace's and bought a new carburetor. After not being able to get it running he finally gave up.
We actually got her running the night we pick her up because we found out that he flipped the fuel and the vent line !! Wow ! Would tell him, but I think it would make him feel bad.
So after playing with the idle and low mixture screw she's driving fine, a little slow to take off. There's just one issue first I have full throttle, but then after a while it will slow down for a while If I hold the throttle wide open it will go a set speed but then surge to where it should be. and after running it for a while i cant et it to speed up at all. The weird thing though is that if i can hit a wave and get the ski in the air i hear the impeller speed up and that ounce i land it stays there, and I get full throttle again. If I hit a wake every so often its almost like there's no problem at all
This sounds like a fuel problem, and I haven't replaced the lines yet which is the next step, I understand how those get gummed up. I don't think though that it's an immediate fuel problem because he did replace the standard fuel filter that hangs down from the top of the engine bay, with a sizable clear bulb, and that is full all the time. But that hangs low at engine height, my next step is to find the filter that is proper but that will take a week and we're on vacation this week. Is there anything else here you all might suggest we look at??
