dusty92900
New Member
OK, here's the deal:
Bought an '03 XP DI online and picked it up in person and it was made known that something electrical was wrong with it. Put in a fuse and got it running, but with very annoying "Maintence" and "12 V Low" messages along with a blinking red light and beeping at slow speeds. After reading several threads on here, I ran a test on it and ended up buying a new rectifier. Pretty sure that problem is solved now but haven't been able to check it out on the lake.
The one time I was able to take it out, I also noticed that it didnt seem to have the power that I thought it should as it would only hit about 4800 RPM and about 33 MPH. Did some checking on here and it was VERY obvious that the wrong oil was in it (the blue stuff)!! :facepalm:
Looked into it deeper lastnight and removed the spark plugs to do a compression check and I can only get 80 psi on both cylinders. Also noticed that the front spark plug had water droplets on it and a small "puddle" on top of the piston that appeared to be water. I had just drained and hosed out the hull but I can't think of any way for that small rinse to get into the cylinder like that, can anyone else?? I don't think i ever sprayed the engine directly and it was just from a water hose at about half throttle with a nozzle. My only thought is a blown head gasket unless anyone else has another theory. Thoughts, concerns, and questions are MORE than welcome!!
Will pull the head tonight if I have time to get a better look at the condition of the cylinders and such to asses what's going on, but I wonder if there is something that I should check before I bust the bolts loose. Any ideas??
Another note: I did clean the RAVE valves after reading on here about the cheaper oil issues. Were these valves in the expected condition of running on the wrong oil or MUCH worse or what?
Bought an '03 XP DI online and picked it up in person and it was made known that something electrical was wrong with it. Put in a fuse and got it running, but with very annoying "Maintence" and "12 V Low" messages along with a blinking red light and beeping at slow speeds. After reading several threads on here, I ran a test on it and ended up buying a new rectifier. Pretty sure that problem is solved now but haven't been able to check it out on the lake.
The one time I was able to take it out, I also noticed that it didnt seem to have the power that I thought it should as it would only hit about 4800 RPM and about 33 MPH. Did some checking on here and it was VERY obvious that the wrong oil was in it (the blue stuff)!! :facepalm:
Looked into it deeper lastnight and removed the spark plugs to do a compression check and I can only get 80 psi on both cylinders. Also noticed that the front spark plug had water droplets on it and a small "puddle" on top of the piston that appeared to be water. I had just drained and hosed out the hull but I can't think of any way for that small rinse to get into the cylinder like that, can anyone else?? I don't think i ever sprayed the engine directly and it was just from a water hose at about half throttle with a nozzle. My only thought is a blown head gasket unless anyone else has another theory. Thoughts, concerns, and questions are MORE than welcome!!
Will pull the head tonight if I have time to get a better look at the condition of the cylinders and such to asses what's going on, but I wonder if there is something that I should check before I bust the bolts loose. Any ideas??
Another note: I did clean the RAVE valves after reading on here about the cheaper oil issues. Were these valves in the expected condition of running on the wrong oil or MUCH worse or what?
