Hey guys,
I've been browsing the forums for a few hours here trying to locate an answer to a problem that's similar to mine. I've found a few (kinda), but I'm still unsure.
I have a 2001 Seadoo GTX RFI model that has never had any problems in the 2 years I've ran it. I've kept it really maintained. With the gas prices so high my riding this summer almost completely ceased. The gas in the tank, at most, is about a month old. It's probably not old enough to cause any problems. It's always fired right up instantly.
The battery was dead, however, living in southern Georgia where it's 100 degrees for 7 months straight, and the battery being at least 2 years old I decided to just replace it. It has lost all it's charge over a month or two (it was dead the last time I went out, but I removed it and charged it).
On the water this week, it seemed to run fine. It ran at top speeds of 60 mph. It slung us and my passengers off numerous times. It never flipped, but it came close. None the less, after a few rounds of it pulling my friends around on the tube (it's done this no problem in the past), it ceased to go above 30-40 mph. I could accelerate it pretty rapidily to 30, 35 mph and it would start to sputter. It would bog down and flucuate in power. In idle it would run 2800 rpm and sputter down to 2700 or so and go back up.
On the hose I could rev it up to 7K rpm with no obvious flucuation. But on idle it sounds like it's skippin' a beat.
Any ideas? I'm not sure what other pertinent information might be needed to better specify my situation. I have no Limp Home mode warning lights or maint lights. My digitial display has no information about the problem. I can only speculate it's a fuel pump/filter or injector issue. It normally cranks on a one second press of the start/stop, but when it was having this issue and it was hot, it took about 3 to 4 seconds of turn over to fire. After I docked it for 2 hours, I got on it and it cranked right up. Out of the water it always cranks right up.
- C.
I've been browsing the forums for a few hours here trying to locate an answer to a problem that's similar to mine. I've found a few (kinda), but I'm still unsure.
I have a 2001 Seadoo GTX RFI model that has never had any problems in the 2 years I've ran it. I've kept it really maintained. With the gas prices so high my riding this summer almost completely ceased. The gas in the tank, at most, is about a month old. It's probably not old enough to cause any problems. It's always fired right up instantly.
The battery was dead, however, living in southern Georgia where it's 100 degrees for 7 months straight, and the battery being at least 2 years old I decided to just replace it. It has lost all it's charge over a month or two (it was dead the last time I went out, but I removed it and charged it).
On the water this week, it seemed to run fine. It ran at top speeds of 60 mph. It slung us and my passengers off numerous times. It never flipped, but it came close. None the less, after a few rounds of it pulling my friends around on the tube (it's done this no problem in the past), it ceased to go above 30-40 mph. I could accelerate it pretty rapidily to 30, 35 mph and it would start to sputter. It would bog down and flucuate in power. In idle it would run 2800 rpm and sputter down to 2700 or so and go back up.
On the hose I could rev it up to 7K rpm with no obvious flucuation. But on idle it sounds like it's skippin' a beat.
Any ideas? I'm not sure what other pertinent information might be needed to better specify my situation. I have no Limp Home mode warning lights or maint lights. My digitial display has no information about the problem. I can only speculate it's a fuel pump/filter or injector issue. It normally cranks on a one second press of the start/stop, but when it was having this issue and it was hot, it took about 3 to 4 seconds of turn over to fire. After I docked it for 2 hours, I got on it and it cranked right up. Out of the water it always cranks right up.
- C.
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