I bought a '98 XPL at the end of last season. The guy said he bought it from a Sea Doo Mechanic. Everything worked great! It ran almost 65mph on the speedometer with my 230lbs. I have now put almost 10 hours on it. I noticed that it did not seem to use as much oil as my '94 GTS (about one quarter as much).
I went to add some Sea Doo brand sythetic oil to the tank. The existing oil in the tank was a BLUE-GREEN color instead of the BROWN Sea Doo oil. I did not mix the oils.
I have read about seizing problems. I now understand that the engine was seizing when it shut off at WOT. It seized about 5 times over the last three rides. My compression is now 125psi mag and 105psi PTO. I wonder if the previous owner used the wrong type of oil, or mixed oils and gummed up the oil lines? I am planning on doing a top end rebuild with the cylinder exchange from SBT.
I will change out the oil lines and clean out the old oil.
Is there anything else to do to get the oil pump system working better?
How do I test the oil pump?
I went to add some Sea Doo brand sythetic oil to the tank. The existing oil in the tank was a BLUE-GREEN color instead of the BROWN Sea Doo oil. I did not mix the oils.
I have read about seizing problems. I now understand that the engine was seizing when it shut off at WOT. It seized about 5 times over the last three rides. My compression is now 125psi mag and 105psi PTO. I wonder if the previous owner used the wrong type of oil, or mixed oils and gummed up the oil lines? I am planning on doing a top end rebuild with the cylinder exchange from SBT.
I will change out the oil lines and clean out the old oil.
Is there anything else to do to get the oil pump system working better?
How do I test the oil pump?
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