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  • Rebuild or replace? !!00STX, '99

    I have a '99 1100 stx. It ran what I thought was ok last summer. Brought to shop in off season to check water enetering boat from pump. They routinely checked compression and found center cylinder to be 30psi. All others 130 psi. The engine has 120 hours. The shop says they never rebuild engines, only replace them with SBT rebuilts.

    My last experience with its sister ski makes me agree. I had it rebuilt twice giving up and having it replaced. (small undetected crack resulted in burning holes in pistons initially, and then after two rebuilds.

    With labor and parts is it close to a wash? I'm not wealthy but does it make sense to just bite the bullet? I am mechanically inclined and believe I can replace the engin myself, but not rebuild it.

    Any thoughts and comments would be appreciated.

    Phil
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