Salt1972
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Our 96 Sea Doo XP800 has been in storage for 4 years. We emptied the tank, cleaned the filter / separator, replaced the fuel, new AGM battery, pulled plugs and flame arrestor - sprayed fogging oil, primed and started on the hose. Ran for 20 minutes-- flawless. Started on the trailer 15-20 times over the next 2 weeks. We could hardly get our finger off the starter button before it started. It can't be this easy, right?
We go to put it in the water. Pre-start on the trailer- check. Put it in the water and it won't start. Pull it out of water and it's severely flooded. Strong smell of fuel. Using full throttle and 30-50s of starter, we were able to get it started, but each subsequent hot start was severely flooded and required full throttle and excessive starter time before clearing black smoke and heavy oil/fuel residue out exhaust.
I assumed the needle/seats were leaking fuel and flooding. So, I pulled the carbs and rebuilt them with new Mikuni kits & needle/seats. Tested pop-off - no leaks. Re-install. Started immediately and ran on the hose for 5 minutes. Shut down. Go to re-start and it's FLOODED.
Where do we look now? Any ideas what might be causing this?
We go to put it in the water. Pre-start on the trailer- check. Put it in the water and it won't start. Pull it out of water and it's severely flooded. Strong smell of fuel. Using full throttle and 30-50s of starter, we were able to get it started, but each subsequent hot start was severely flooded and required full throttle and excessive starter time before clearing black smoke and heavy oil/fuel residue out exhaust.
I assumed the needle/seats were leaking fuel and flooding. So, I pulled the carbs and rebuilt them with new Mikuni kits & needle/seats. Tested pop-off - no leaks. Re-install. Started immediately and ran on the hose for 5 minutes. Shut down. Go to re-start and it's FLOODED.
Where do we look now? Any ideas what might be causing this?