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Hey guys, been posting on the pwctoday forums and thought maybe I could get some additional help here :)
Just purchased this ski a few days ago, and not really knowing much about them I kinda hopped in and purchased it after a quick ride test. I know, maybe dumb on my part, but I now own it and I think I got a decent deal on it. So, gotta deal...
Couldn't get the ski past 44mph or 5600 rpm with one person and could barely get out of its own way with two people on it. It wouldn't really "jump" out of the hole either, would kinda stutter its way up until it planed out. Would stutter very hard and took forever to plane out. Aside from that, the ride was very smooth and we did have some good fun riding it that day. Took it home and found one of the NGK tips on the middle cylinder had come completely loose and was just kinda dangling on. Replaced all 3 plugs with the gap set at the recommended .025 and went on my merry way.
The next ride test was only with two people on it b/c there was nowhere to switch off. Bottom end seemed alot better, the ski would almost hop out after not too much time on the throttle. The "long time" waiting went away, not perfect, but alot better. On some perfectly flat water it also hit 46mph with two of us on it. Still, no revving past 5700 rpm.
So, a little concerned about cavitating and whatnot, I snapped a good shot of my impeller and noticed some wear marks that I'm not sure would be causing this problem. At idle and light rev with the flush kit out of the water you can hear some strange metal on metal sound and vibration that I just don't like. Here's a pic of it below.
If anyone has had something very similar to this problem please let me know. I've gotten alot of suggestions of things to look at and I'm a little overwhelmed by it all. Thanks!
Just purchased this ski a few days ago, and not really knowing much about them I kinda hopped in and purchased it after a quick ride test. I know, maybe dumb on my part, but I now own it and I think I got a decent deal on it. So, gotta deal...
Couldn't get the ski past 44mph or 5600 rpm with one person and could barely get out of its own way with two people on it. It wouldn't really "jump" out of the hole either, would kinda stutter its way up until it planed out. Would stutter very hard and took forever to plane out. Aside from that, the ride was very smooth and we did have some good fun riding it that day. Took it home and found one of the NGK tips on the middle cylinder had come completely loose and was just kinda dangling on. Replaced all 3 plugs with the gap set at the recommended .025 and went on my merry way.
The next ride test was only with two people on it b/c there was nowhere to switch off. Bottom end seemed alot better, the ski would almost hop out after not too much time on the throttle. The "long time" waiting went away, not perfect, but alot better. On some perfectly flat water it also hit 46mph with two of us on it. Still, no revving past 5700 rpm.
So, a little concerned about cavitating and whatnot, I snapped a good shot of my impeller and noticed some wear marks that I'm not sure would be causing this problem. At idle and light rev with the flush kit out of the water you can hear some strange metal on metal sound and vibration that I just don't like. Here's a pic of it below.
If anyone has had something very similar to this problem please let me know. I've gotten alot of suggestions of things to look at and I'm a little overwhelmed by it all. Thanks!
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