Oil help:

[Hoffman33d]

ok i prolly just messed up big time but what i did was drained the oil tank and i think it had xps mineral oil in it but i put xps synthetic in it already and bleed the lines but i did not suck out the old oil that was in any of the lines just took it out of the oil tank my Question is will i be ok to run it or did i mess up ?

 

[seadoo GTS 1993]

You CAN go from mineral to synthetic, but not vice-versa.. So if im readin' ur post riite, Ur fine

 

[Hoffman33d]

ok so i will be ok i was just wanting to put the oil in it that the manual calls for and i knew you couldnt mix them but i thought it would be ok to just dump the old oil out of the oil tank and add the new syntetic oil and be ok i hope it is i will try it and see called the seadoo shop here close and they told me it would be fine to add it as long as the tank was almost empty so i know mine was cause i drained it just left the old oil in the lines and i guess whatever was in the motor to im just not sure if i got all the air out of the lines it is hard to see cause the lines are so dark i guess from the oil that has been ran in it

 

[popasodatastie]

I would do premix with the oil in gas after you open the oil lines sine you may have air in the line that way you are still getting lubrication to vital parts but premix at least untill the oil resivor shows signs that it is pulling oil from there.

 

[Hoffman33d]

k how much do i premix and do i use the syntetic oil to premix my fuel tank is full how much do i put in it sorry i have never premixed before so i have no clue how to premix

 

[SRUSH]

40 to 1 is what you should mix

 

[Hoffman33d]

40 to 1 ? 40 ml to 1 gallon ?

 

[Mike94ZLT1]

I'm hoping you're fine, because I did the same thing! I used a suction pump and pulled as much of the old mineral oil I could out of the tank, drove to the lake, and filled up with XPS synthetic while on the trailer. I fired her up and drove around for a few hours, hopefully it sucked in and burned off all the old stuff, I will not be a happy camper if I have problems later!

 

[Hoffman33d]

well i put it in the tank and ran it long enough to bleed the lines and the the next day ran it on the lake for about 30 min. and then the wear ring messed up now i waiting on the parts for it prolly by the time i able to get it back on the lake the oil will have done bad things in there so i will prolly have a blowen motor before long unless someone knows what i could do

 

[Mike94ZLT1]

well i put it in the tank and ran it long enough to bleed the lines and the the next day ran it on the lake for about 30 min. and then the wear ring messed up now i waiting on the parts for it prolly by the time i able to get it back on the lake the oil will have done bad things in there so i will prolly have a blowen motor before long unless someone knows what i could do

Damn dude! You aren't having much luck! How did you mess up the wear ring?

 

[Hoffman33d]

i dont really know i got the ski and really thank the guy i bought it from really screwed me but thats a diffrent story lol it just looked like it ha never been changed or was sitting for a long time cause the rubber is very brittle

 

[ss44camaro]

thanks steve, i just did the same thing.