So I bought a 2000 XP-L about a month ago and the seller told me it had a high idle. When started out of water it idles high (about 1500), but when started in water it idles normal for about a minute then idles at about 2200rpm. Other than that it runs perfect. Now it gets scary.
I pulled the ski out of the water onto my trailer. I always start it for about 5 seconds and blip the throttle to get the water and crud out. I started it and it idled way higher than normal (about 4k). I killed it and then started it again. I blipped the throttle once and the ski went wide open (about 7k). I yanked the lanyard and nothing, it kept running wide open. I put the lanyard on again and pulled it... still running wide open. I turned the gas to off and nothing. I then panicked and pulled the hook and yanked the spark plug wires AND IT STILL KEPT RUNNING WIDE OPEN! After a couple more seconds I hit the throttle again and it killed. I don't know if it finally ran out of gas or what. This whole ordeal probably lasted 20-30 seconds.
I've been too afraid to restart it. Any ideas? How in the heck did it keep running with no spark? Could the compression have been high enough that it was dieseling?
Let me know your thoughts. Thanks!
I pulled the ski out of the water onto my trailer. I always start it for about 5 seconds and blip the throttle to get the water and crud out. I started it and it idled way higher than normal (about 4k). I killed it and then started it again. I blipped the throttle once and the ski went wide open (about 7k). I yanked the lanyard and nothing, it kept running wide open. I put the lanyard on again and pulled it... still running wide open. I turned the gas to off and nothing. I then panicked and pulled the hook and yanked the spark plug wires AND IT STILL KEPT RUNNING WIDE OPEN! After a couple more seconds I hit the throttle again and it killed. I don't know if it finally ran out of gas or what. This whole ordeal probably lasted 20-30 seconds.
I've been too afraid to restart it. Any ideas? How in the heck did it keep running with no spark? Could the compression have been high enough that it was dieseling?
Let me know your thoughts. Thanks!
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