I bought a 1998 GP800 used last year, and rather than bring it to my own mechanic, I called the owners mechanic who said he checked it out the year before and it was fine.
Well, it has never started easily, and I had to use starter fluid to get it going. However, once it was running, it was generally fine, except seemed to run a little rough.
Anyhow, at the end of the summer I tried to sell it. That guy did bring it to a dealer and they said the compression on the back cylinder was bad, and they would need to replace the whole motor for $2000. Well I ony paid $2500, so I wasn't ready to do that.
Anyhow, I just checked the compression and sure enough, the front was 120 and the back was 60. However, it didn't ever start when the compression guage was on, so I don't know if that would affect anything.
Anyhow, I need help trying to decide what to do.:emoticonb I have some mechanical knowledge, but not a ton. I would be willing to pay up to around $800 to fix the problem, but want it done right.
Please help.
I forgot to mention, the reason I was so trusting, was because the ski only had 72 hours on it. I'm an idiot!
New update. I did finally get the ski started with a cheap $20 compression checking kit, and the back cylinder read 130 this time. I could not get it to start with it on the front cyliner yet tonight, but will try again tommorrow with more starting fluid. This time when I tried to start on the front the compression only went up to 90.
Well, it has never started easily, and I had to use starter fluid to get it going. However, once it was running, it was generally fine, except seemed to run a little rough.
Anyhow, at the end of the summer I tried to sell it. That guy did bring it to a dealer and they said the compression on the back cylinder was bad, and they would need to replace the whole motor for $2000. Well I ony paid $2500, so I wasn't ready to do that.
Anyhow, I just checked the compression and sure enough, the front was 120 and the back was 60. However, it didn't ever start when the compression guage was on, so I don't know if that would affect anything.
Anyhow, I need help trying to decide what to do.:emoticonb I have some mechanical knowledge, but not a ton. I would be willing to pay up to around $800 to fix the problem, but want it done right.
Please help.
I forgot to mention, the reason I was so trusting, was because the ski only had 72 hours on it. I'm an idiot!
New update. I did finally get the ski started with a cheap $20 compression checking kit, and the back cylinder read 130 this time. I could not get it to start with it on the front cyliner yet tonight, but will try again tommorrow with more starting fluid. This time when I tried to start on the front the compression only went up to 90.
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