Hi everyone, my name is Anthony and I am from Long Island NY. I have owned my XP since it was brand new. I have no mods to it and it has been the most reliable ski ever! It still runs great except:
1. When I start it and pull away from the dock, I have NO throttle above idle. If I hit the throttle it sounds like it is only firing on one cylinder and goes nowhere but it won't die and I do see a bit more smoke than my brother's 96 XP. So by the time I get to the end of the no wake zone, it usually all of a sudden wakes up and I have full throttle operation and she runs like a bat outta hell.
I can jump waves all day and she never misses a beat. BUT, when I get to the flat and go WOT, she first runs perfect, then I lose power, then it runs good, then lose power and bogs. If I hang out for a second, she will get to full throttle again and the cycle continues. My brother has the exact ski and when we race, whenever mine bogs a bit, he pulls ahead, then I can maintain the gap between us until she bogs again.
I swapped out the CDI box with a brand new one that I happened to have in my parts bin from a previous troubleshoot and still no good. New set of plugs, and still the same. Put the fuel knob to reserve, still no good and finally crack the fuel cap open a bit and still no good. Have not checked compression yet. I also replaced the oil injection pump last year and checked the calibration.
Am I looking at a carb rebuild and rave cleaning?
Sorry for the loooong post!
1. When I start it and pull away from the dock, I have NO throttle above idle. If I hit the throttle it sounds like it is only firing on one cylinder and goes nowhere but it won't die and I do see a bit more smoke than my brother's 96 XP. So by the time I get to the end of the no wake zone, it usually all of a sudden wakes up and I have full throttle operation and she runs like a bat outta hell.
I can jump waves all day and she never misses a beat. BUT, when I get to the flat and go WOT, she first runs perfect, then I lose power, then it runs good, then lose power and bogs. If I hang out for a second, she will get to full throttle again and the cycle continues. My brother has the exact ski and when we race, whenever mine bogs a bit, he pulls ahead, then I can maintain the gap between us until she bogs again.
I swapped out the CDI box with a brand new one that I happened to have in my parts bin from a previous troubleshoot and still no good. New set of plugs, and still the same. Put the fuel knob to reserve, still no good and finally crack the fuel cap open a bit and still no good. Have not checked compression yet. I also replaced the oil injection pump last year and checked the calibration.
Am I looking at a carb rebuild and rave cleaning?
Sorry for the loooong post!
