96 XP Fuel problem ??

[etemplet]

Trying to help a guy get his 96 XP running correctly. He sent the carbs off to be rebuilt. I checked the carbs and looks like the guy did a good job on them. Ski has a bog so bad it won't take any fuel. Can't get over 1700 RPM. I put an alternate bottle for fuel and the ski still would not accelerate... this was out of the water. I"m wondering if the rotary valve is leaking by. Wondering if I should go into the carbs. Thoughts??

 

[JeremyD615]

You’ve got another running 787 ski don’t you? Swap the carbs from that ski and see if the problem stays. That will at least confirm or rule out whether it’s a fuel problem since you’ve got an isolated fuel source coming from the bottle, all for the cost of a couple of base gaskets...

 

[etemplet]

I don't ever take parts off a running ski or another ski to troubleshoot. I'd rather pull the carbs off the ski and go through them myself but I think it's out of time. I'm actually buying the ski from him now. I'm gonna pull the engine and throw the ski away. I need the engine for my super hopped up 96 XP. I'll take it apart and have a look at a few things before it goes in the XP.

On a side note, I gotta find this guy that does dual carbs for $170. Looks like he did some good work to me. Unless he missed something in which case I will change my mind. Ha ha.

 

[JeremyD615]

I’m sure you’ve seen in my thread that I’m chasing all kinds of ghosts on my 96XP. I sure wish I had a second set of 40’s that I could have thrown on it several weeks ago. It might have saved me quite a bit of time and money troubleshooting... I wound up buying a whole new set of carbs, and I’m still not sure that’s the problem until I get them here and installed.

 

[mikidymac]

Those Buckshots are some nice expensive carbs, don't let @Matt Braley see all these performance parts you are getting, LOL.

 

[Paul Bretz]

Is it possibly only running on one cylinder wen u try to rev it? If so possible rectifier issue

 

[etemplet]

Those Buckshots are some nice expensive carbs, don't let @Matt Braley see all these performance parts you are getting, LOL.

Matt already saw the set up a month ago and yes.... he liked them. The performance parts are on the ski that needs an engine. 30 psi on the PTO cylinder and it was locked up. I still may build an engine for it.

 

[mikidymac]

I was just joking about Matt, I know he lives for those old performance parts.

 

[etemplet]

I was just joking about Matt, I know he lives for those old performance parts.

You know it !!