bm21

Hello,
need help figuring WTF! is wong with my JS. if i have the hood off the jet ski runs fine and everything even on the water, but when i put the hood o, then it will stall out and i have to prime it all the time and it will always die, and the air filter is clean plz help me
BM

JayDawg

You run you jet ski on the water with the hood off? I don't think that is a wise thing to do.

I'm wondering if the hood is somehow cutting out all of the oxygen out of your engine compartment. Has anything been done to it lately?

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bm21

haha i know and i dont go out with it,nothin hasnt been done to the hood i repainted it a few years ago but for the first 2 years it ran great then the last time it just decided it wont run unless the hood is off, i can prime it and it will run for a second then die so im clueless as to why i cant get a good airflow

JayDawg

Check the vents on the hood to see if there is anything in them. I haven't seen a 550 since the 80's so I am not all that familiar with them any longer.

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1996 Kawasaki 750 SXI
1999 Kawasaki Ultra 150
www.quadsforchrist.net

GCwaverunner

No exhaust leaks??? Possibly the carb is too rich. Lean off the low speed and see what happens.