951 flooded!

[Technohedge]

Hi Guys,

went to start the ski today and it was having problems, woudlt turn over and had a loud long beep from the alarm.

Anyway I pulled the plugs from the head and turned it over and fuel literally gushed from the plug holes. The PTO cylinder was worse, it was chucking floods of it out.

Anyway now the fuels flushed out it starts OK, seems to be running fine now.

What could have caused the fuel to build up in the engine? something leaving in the carb I assume? I rebulit them the other week and ski was running fine on the water (apart from bogging every time I started it up, which I'm now assuming to be fuel build up in the crankcase)

any ideas?

cheers

 

[mikidymac]

Leaking needle and seats. Also make sure you turn the fuel valve off when you aren't using the ski.

 

[XP 787]

Yup needle/seats. When you rebuilt the carbs did you use OEM carb kits? The little nipple on the diaphragm of the aftermarket kits sometimes holds the needle open a little bit. A pop off test will confirm this.