See videos here. I was out in the water today pushing ~3/4 throttle when the ski bogged down and died. It refused to start again, and the clock reset when I managed to get it restarted after multiple MPEM reseats. Starter would not go, but began to barely kick at first, then came back to full power after a couple tries. The ski then refused to stay at idle and needed extra throttle to keep it from stalling to get me to shore all while making the lovely knocking and other noises heard in the videos. Surprisingly getting back the noises and shaking stopped when again pushing past ~3k rpm but as soon as the gas was let go it would die again. Any ideas as to the cause or what to think here? Haven’t run a compression test yet but think I need to. Ski has ~145 hours. Battery is new so ignore the warning, and plenty of two cycle oil in the injection tank. Also did all new gas lines, filters, and major maintenance at 110hrs. At this point I’m weighing my options between rebuilding myself, having a rebuilt done, or just selling the ski and getting a 4 stroke as the rebuild options will probably cost as much as I got the ski for just in parts.
GSX Limited (951 - 1997.5) Engine Problems
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I’ve heard good reviews of them too. Unfortunately that’s as much as I bought the ski for originally. I’ll probably just sell it as is, if that’s the consensus.
SabrToothSqrl
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the 115 is fine, the 85 is a no go. The difference between the numbers is as (if not more) important that the numbers... that much of a gap means that engine's coming out! Without compression, nothing you do will fix it...
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