Burmman

I am new to PWC's and so far love it. I had been out approx 6 times in the last week with my ski. It worked great no problems at all. I went out today and as normal it started right up no problem. I went out and made a few small laps and jumped some waves and a few wakes from passing boats. Ran great all that time. I go over to the dock pick up my daughter and go out in the bay. We also jumped some waves and banked from side to side a few times. While doing so I noticed my fuel gauge go up to full and I know we only had alittle over half full. So I thought that was odd then I tried to use the bilge pump and it wouldn't work. So we started to head back toward the docks. We were about 3/4 throttle and jumped another wave and as we landed it just stopped running. I tried to restart and all it did was roll over. Thanks to my 6 yr old cutie blonde daughter. 2 very hot ladies came to help us out and tow us to the dock. Upon looking we have fuel but no spark. I did notice we had some water in the hull. Not a lot but enough to notice. Once we got home I looked it over better and noticed that there was a fuse blown so I replaced it. Now my fuel gauge and bilge works fine again, but now I have NO spark. I am new to this and I can do somethings myself but with step bu step and pics I can do more. So if anyone has any ideas please help.

killer454

hello killer454 here

i have a 2001 polaris 1200 and my bilage pump is not working either i just ordered one from ebay for 23.00.it keept blowing the fuse in my black box.

about your no spark problem-these polaris skis need atleast 10.6 volts when cranking to start.if you crank the starter and while cranking it is only getting 10.0 volts you will not get fire to the plugs for some reason.

i have taken mine to the lake a couple of times and tryed to start it and it would turn over fine for a couple minites but no fire to plugs.
so i hooked jumper cables from my kawasaki 750 to my polaris and bam started right up hard to explain.
after rideing the polaris on the lake for 2 hours no problem starting at all.
try charging the battery first off.

check all ground wires on the ski

i dont know if this will help i just got into pwc 2 months ago myself
i already rebuilt top end on a kawasaki 750 ssxi,i have 600.00 in it
i have cleaned carbs on both skis man they are different from working on dirtbikes and atvs that is what im used to working on.i traded my 2003 yz450f dirtbike for the 2001 polaris slx 1200 and a double trailer.me and my 8 year old daughter love rideing these things.

if you check the battery and grounds and no luck get back on here and i will give you the electrical trouble shooting guide for my 1200,i have a manual it might help you track it down.

Burmman

Thanks Killer454,

I checked the battery and even bought a new one to try just in case. So far everything checks back ok. I was thinking that maybe when the water got into the hull some of the wires got wet and shorted my CDI.

If you could please post the trouble shooting info.