Hi,
First time here. I have a 2009 RXT215 that was running perfect until now. Was riding and everything was great. On flats was WOT when the exhaust overheat sensor alarmed. Shit it down immediately and had buddy tow me in. Opened up seats and looked for any trouble signs. I know they run hot but it did seem hotter than normal. So I let her cool down. We were in a remote area so I decided to try again and it started up fine and ran fine for about 10 minutes when I decided to open it up again to see if it was truly okay. Well that was a mistake I guess because this time it lost power/MPH even though the RPMs stayed high. When I saw that I let go of the throttle and it shut of on its own. The weird part this time is it did not alarm until I took the key off and put back on. Only then did it show high exhaust temp warning. I got towed rest of way and brought it home and flushedit out. It didn’t have it’s normal sound though. I know they rattle but this was a little louder than what I’m used to hearing from this machine. I inspected the impeller and pump for weeds or damage. The wear ring was pretty beat up so I replaced it. Other than that no visible damage. I also checked the supercharger which was rebuilt about 10 hours ago to see if it was loose but that felt fine. Took to the ramp and put in. Immediately I heard an on/off squealing noise followed by an abrupt stop of the engine almost as if someone stuck a 2x4 in the pump. I figured the impeller must be jamming on the new wear ring. So I took it out and sprayed silicone spray on the impeller and wear ring. I was then able to run without that problem. This time I backed it in but didn’t disconnect it from the trailer. Started it up but it didn’t sound right and also would not go past 4000 except for one second it hit 5000. But it definitely doesn’t sound right. Decided to drop it in anyway to see if I could clear it out but it sounded so bad with a weird rattling noise I decided against it and put back on the trailer. Hard to pinpoint the rattle but clearly something is wrong. So now I’m at a loss because I’m not a Sea Doo expert and I don’t trust the shops because of all the horror stories I’ve heard of throwing parts at the machines until they finally find the problem. I would appreciate any help. Thank you in advance,
TJ
First time here. I have a 2009 RXT215 that was running perfect until now. Was riding and everything was great. On flats was WOT when the exhaust overheat sensor alarmed. Shit it down immediately and had buddy tow me in. Opened up seats and looked for any trouble signs. I know they run hot but it did seem hotter than normal. So I let her cool down. We were in a remote area so I decided to try again and it started up fine and ran fine for about 10 minutes when I decided to open it up again to see if it was truly okay. Well that was a mistake I guess because this time it lost power/MPH even though the RPMs stayed high. When I saw that I let go of the throttle and it shut of on its own. The weird part this time is it did not alarm until I took the key off and put back on. Only then did it show high exhaust temp warning. I got towed rest of way and brought it home and flushedit out. It didn’t have it’s normal sound though. I know they rattle but this was a little louder than what I’m used to hearing from this machine. I inspected the impeller and pump for weeds or damage. The wear ring was pretty beat up so I replaced it. Other than that no visible damage. I also checked the supercharger which was rebuilt about 10 hours ago to see if it was loose but that felt fine. Took to the ramp and put in. Immediately I heard an on/off squealing noise followed by an abrupt stop of the engine almost as if someone stuck a 2x4 in the pump. I figured the impeller must be jamming on the new wear ring. So I took it out and sprayed silicone spray on the impeller and wear ring. I was then able to run without that problem. This time I backed it in but didn’t disconnect it from the trailer. Started it up but it didn’t sound right and also would not go past 4000 except for one second it hit 5000. But it definitely doesn’t sound right. Decided to drop it in anyway to see if I could clear it out but it sounded so bad with a weird rattling noise I decided against it and put back on the trailer. Hard to pinpoint the rattle but clearly something is wrong. So now I’m at a loss because I’m not a Sea Doo expert and I don’t trust the shops because of all the horror stories I’ve heard of throwing parts at the machines until they finally find the problem. I would appreciate any help. Thank you in advance,
TJ
