I'm fairly new to this forum and to maintaining jet ski's. However I ran into one of you guys common problems...... cleaning the carb filter and replacing the gray fuel lines.
I've read several threads and post and that made the process easier than it would have been had I not read all the posts. HOWEVER, there is one step that is left out of all the threads I read. It has to do with the small (1/8") fuel lines on the top and side of the carb. (1998 Seadoo GT) Square body carb. Mikumi ???? anyways.
I couldn't find automotive fuel line that small so I took the carb to my local motorcycle honda shop. They didn't have the line but one of the guys says "why don't you just take it off and clean it, it may not have to be replaced since it's a different kind of line than the gray lines". So we took it off and spayed carb cleaner through it and looked inside. One of the lines was clogged. After several minutes of trying to unclog the line we finally got it unclogged. The item inside was ....... a small brass piece that he called a reducer. On one side was the same size as the fuel line and the other side was teeny tiny, so small a needle would have a hard time getting through it. He explained the reason for this and said they are common on motorcycle carbs and needs to be in the line. I beleive it was the longer of the 2 lines.
So .... several of the posts say to cut all the lines put on new ones. Had I done that my ski would not have ran at its best.
CHECK THE SMALL LINES for this brass insert inside the line.
Good luck.
BOYD
I've read several threads and post and that made the process easier than it would have been had I not read all the posts. HOWEVER, there is one step that is left out of all the threads I read. It has to do with the small (1/8") fuel lines on the top and side of the carb. (1998 Seadoo GT) Square body carb. Mikumi ???? anyways.
I couldn't find automotive fuel line that small so I took the carb to my local motorcycle honda shop. They didn't have the line but one of the guys says "why don't you just take it off and clean it, it may not have to be replaced since it's a different kind of line than the gray lines". So we took it off and spayed carb cleaner through it and looked inside. One of the lines was clogged. After several minutes of trying to unclog the line we finally got it unclogged. The item inside was ....... a small brass piece that he called a reducer. On one side was the same size as the fuel line and the other side was teeny tiny, so small a needle would have a hard time getting through it. He explained the reason for this and said they are common on motorcycle carbs and needs to be in the line. I beleive it was the longer of the 2 lines.
So .... several of the posts say to cut all the lines put on new ones. Had I done that my ski would not have ran at its best.
CHECK THE SMALL LINES for this brass insert inside the line.
Good luck.
BOYD
