A warning to 951 owners

[Mraw]

So yesterday my oil pump cable bracket snapped killing my engine. If you have the older style cover where the cable connects to the pump I would switch it out for the newer cover that has the oil pump cable bracket built in.

 

[mikidymac]

That should not have killed your engine. The oil pumps have a failsafe in which if the cable breaks or comes off the oil pump goes wide open providing more oil not less.

 

[Mraw]

That should not have killed your engine. The oil pumps have a failsafe in which if the cable breaks or comes off the oil pump goes wide open providing more oil not less.

I took the cable off after, the bracket broke off and stuck it self in the pump, at wide open it only opened a bit above where it would be at idle

 

[mikidymac]

I took the cable off, the bracket broke off and stuck it self in the pump holding it a little above idle

No Bueno.

 

[Thedinkster]

Ha! More like sea don't!

 

[POPPS]

That should not have killed your engine. The oil pumps have a failsafe in which if the cable breaks or comes off the oil pump goes wide open providing more oil not less.

Just curious,,,what would cause that bracket to break,,,I have never seen that!

 

[Mraw]

I want to know aswell, such a random way to kill an engine

 

[Mraw]

I thought it would be a relatively known issue since seadoo came out with an updated front cover

 

[mikidymac]

Just curious,,,what would cause that bracket to break,,,I have never seen that!

Me either, never seen or heard of it happening.

 

[POPPS]

I believe that earlier bracket required two 10mm jam nuts,,,the newer style just needs 1 jam nut to secure the cable before the pump.,,easier and faster cable install and oil adjustment.