Rebuilt carb / hydrolock 97 XP

[peril99]

Long story really short - had a friend that stalled the jet ski, hydrolocked it towing it back in (didn't realize) - decided to rebuild the carb before I started everything back up - I had misdiagnosed the hydrolock. (rookie mistake)

So - finished rebuilding the carb, new starter, figured out the hydrolock, and got it started back up.

Current state - hydrolock beaten (but oil not changed yet), new carbs on (but no air box) (i..e - no airbox manifold, no filter, no cover)

next steps

1) drain / replace oil
2) tighten carbs to torque specs
3) install airbox
4) Sus ride

question for the more experienced - when I have the airbox off and pull the throttle I notice a bog and it's bad enough to stall - is it possible the carb is getting too much air without the airbox on - or should it run fine as is right now?

Thanks for your feedback,

-Adrian

 

[mikidymac]

It needs the airbox on.
You really need to go ride it ASAP. The longer it sits with moisture the better the chances you are going to ruin the crank bearings.

 

[peril99]

I intend to take it out later today - just gonna put it all together now. Waiting for my 918 from amazon for the bottom of the airbox cover! Let's GOOOOOO

 

[peril99]

When I pulled the oil out - shouldn't I see the water in it from the crank - I flush all of it out and then about a 2 cups of new xps synthetic until it was coming thru clear. I'll look at it really closely tommorow - I've been turning it over every say - and I had it running a couple of time- doing the sus ride tommorow morning.

 

[peril99]

got it on the lake - runs identically to before - the only thing I noticed during the rebuild was some grit in the pto carb filter, but fill good knowing it's clean now. just need to run it until it dies

 

[peril99]

I did have one wierd thing happen - the throttle cable went slack - full open when pulled the airbox- I noticed the mag side spring isn't working - I pulled the carb linkage and was able to tell right away - do these spring ever give up or slip? and any ideas on where to get one? 270500097

 

[peril99]

just took the nut off of the throttle cable side and wiggled it out and, cleaned up a spring good and put it back on - that carb throttle shafts had more resistance than I expected - lubed it up as best I could and wiggled it's a bunch and then put it back together. All better.

 

[peril99]

OH man - that was the ticket - throttle response is instant now - I'm not sure if there is a downside to making the spring tight - but it goes up / down quick.