Troubleshooter Quiz

[Bill O'Neal2]

Rider is riding along on his 951 DI and the engine stops dead in the water.

Clue #1

It is not an electrical problem. It is mechanical. The engine will not turn over by hand or using the starter motor.

Clue #2

There is no sign of damage to the 2 pistons, bearings, rods and reeds. The counterbalancer is intact.

Who can guess what broke inside the motor?

[parrothd]

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The flux-capacitor?

[XPSteve]

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Air pump?

[Bill O'Neal2]

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Darn!

That was too quick.

Yes the lower rod pin/screw sheared off in the end of the counterbalancer, the air pump piston came down and the counerterbalancer slammed into the rod and bent it and stopped turning when the screw got caught between it and the case, or the air pump got water inside of it and caused the rod to bend, which shook the bolt that holds the rod end to the counterbalancer so bad it broke off or just sheared it off when it hydrolocked the air pump.

Now, for the hard part of the question.

Name the hull type that this 951 DI motor was in.

[John Kubiak]

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XP-DI

[parrothd]

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Hx?

[XPL Steve]

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it was an rx-di ...xp's dont break...lol

[Matt_E]

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Must've just been my XP that was cursed then...

[Bill O'Neal2]

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Nobody has the hull type right yet.........

Here is a clue. It is a 2006 model.

[radiocontrolhead]

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HAS GOT TO BE THE . 3d DI

[Bill O'Neal2]

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Bingo!

[dsolie]

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So Bill, are you saying that you have / are working on a 06' 3D? If so.... Details??

[Bill O'Neal2]

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Yep.

[fedorov5549]

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There is a rock lodged in the impeller. Come on Bill!! Jeez!:emoticonw

[Bill O'Neal2]

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Details?
You might be seeing a Black and Red RIVA RACING Sea Doo 3D jumping way up in the air off waves next to the Oceanside pier in Ocenside California in some future advertising that features the 2006 947 DI powered 3D........