thornhill16
New Member
So ive had the ski since april it sat for 6 years , I have , rebuilt carbs ,changed fuel lines , removed fuel selector switch , and replaced with inline valve, cleaned tanks , ski have gotten better with each run , not a 100% though , then today happened
I finally got to the point where I could get it wide open (with choke 1/4 way out ) took it a few seconds to go but was getting there , noticed one of the gaskets between intake and carbs was torn , replaced both gaskets ,before leaving for river to test again we cleaned the intake with carbon cleaner .
At launch ski was extremely hard to start , had to hold wide open to keep running, engine spit and sputtered after a few mins it cleared up , headed down river once again had to pull choke out just right not too much not too little , ski planed out at 35 and wouldnt do anymore about 60% throttle max before engine bogged down again , ran along about 2 or 3 miles stopped at a boat only bar and grill , had a burger left out again , same thing hard to start , spit and sputtered for about 100 yards planed out at 35 again got out into open water and played a bit everytime it would come out of the hole it would go full on till about 35 then bogged out again I finally had enough went back to landing , im about give up, and send it a mechanic I just really dont have money but I have so much invested I gotta do something , summers 1/2 over and I still havent got it straight
I finally got to the point where I could get it wide open (with choke 1/4 way out ) took it a few seconds to go but was getting there , noticed one of the gaskets between intake and carbs was torn , replaced both gaskets ,before leaving for river to test again we cleaned the intake with carbon cleaner .
At launch ski was extremely hard to start , had to hold wide open to keep running, engine spit and sputtered after a few mins it cleared up , headed down river once again had to pull choke out just right not too much not too little , ski planed out at 35 and wouldnt do anymore about 60% throttle max before engine bogged down again , ran along about 2 or 3 miles stopped at a boat only bar and grill , had a burger left out again , same thing hard to start , spit and sputtered for about 100 yards planed out at 35 again got out into open water and played a bit everytime it would come out of the hole it would go full on till about 35 then bogged out again I finally had enough went back to landing , im about give up, and send it a mechanic I just really dont have money but I have so much invested I gotta do something , summers 1/2 over and I still havent got it straight
