first id like to say hello,i am new to this forum and you all have already greatly helped me in past post with other things and or current problems on my 1996 gtx.
here is the story.....took it out of a 2 year sit....bought a new battery. tried to start it but the starter was frozen solid.
put in new starter and put it on the lake....took me a while to start it up (later i found out my prime was being useless,fixed that today) but it seemed to be running good,until i hit anything past 3/4 throttle......sounds like rev limiter.so i did some searching on here and threads said to check out the wear ring.so i took off the pump assembly which seemed fine and headed to a buddies shop.he changed the oil in it for me and said there was no reason for it to be cavatating. put it back on....dropped it in the water same thing....also at this time i replaced a broken motormount. same story.cleaned out the carbs...same story.....and finally i read up on the RAVE valves. so i went to clean them then realized the threads were stripped on the plastic cap.so i went over to my buddies shop and picked up two new ones.....after cleaning everything up and installing them i thought FOR SURE that had to be it......put it on the lake and now ITS WORSE....i use to be able to get it to 6500 rpms and now i only get 5500.....and i forgot to mention new spark plugs were the first thing i tried.
now a little background on my ski......the oil tank has been disabled i mix the fuel myself.40:1...nothing on my dash has EVER worked except the temp light and the oil light does come on when i plug in. i have rarely ever gotten two beeps.and when i do there is no difference.
now my last hope for this is,my temp light has always faintly blinked when cruising.but now it only does not blink when its at a smooth rpm around 4000 and it def blinks when i get the misfire now.
so tonight i removed the sensor to inspect it.and flushed the block and it seamed fine.
would a faulty temp sensor cause it to run like dookie? and why might fixing the RAVE valves make it worse?
any help would be great, and yes i checked the fuses. and the connectors. and my patience.
here is the story.....took it out of a 2 year sit....bought a new battery. tried to start it but the starter was frozen solid.
put in new starter and put it on the lake....took me a while to start it up (later i found out my prime was being useless,fixed that today) but it seemed to be running good,until i hit anything past 3/4 throttle......sounds like rev limiter.so i did some searching on here and threads said to check out the wear ring.so i took off the pump assembly which seemed fine and headed to a buddies shop.he changed the oil in it for me and said there was no reason for it to be cavatating. put it back on....dropped it in the water same thing....also at this time i replaced a broken motormount. same story.cleaned out the carbs...same story.....and finally i read up on the RAVE valves. so i went to clean them then realized the threads were stripped on the plastic cap.so i went over to my buddies shop and picked up two new ones.....after cleaning everything up and installing them i thought FOR SURE that had to be it......put it on the lake and now ITS WORSE....i use to be able to get it to 6500 rpms and now i only get 5500.....and i forgot to mention new spark plugs were the first thing i tried.
now a little background on my ski......the oil tank has been disabled i mix the fuel myself.40:1...nothing on my dash has EVER worked except the temp light and the oil light does come on when i plug in. i have rarely ever gotten two beeps.and when i do there is no difference.
now my last hope for this is,my temp light has always faintly blinked when cruising.but now it only does not blink when its at a smooth rpm around 4000 and it def blinks when i get the misfire now.
so tonight i removed the sensor to inspect it.and flushed the block and it seamed fine.
would a faulty temp sensor cause it to run like dookie? and why might fixing the RAVE valves make it worse?
any help would be great, and yes i checked the fuses. and the connectors. and my patience.
