zeviant

I found an 08 GTI 130 with 900hrs on it in pretty good shape for a little over $3K at one of the rental places. No crashes, no scuffs, nothing broken other than the reverse handle which I can replace. the engine runs great, starts up instantly with no noise or vibration. The intake and impeller look good. The OPAS works normal. Instruments are all operational. The ski looks like it has not been abused an is in very decent condition, especially for the price.

I'm concerned with the 900 hours. How many hours are the 4tecs good for? I used to have yamaha and kawa 2 strokes and know that they were only good for about 500 - 600 hrs before you had to rebuild. I would suspect that 4 strokes will last a lot longer.

What are your thoughts?

Simoking

Get a compression test done, it will give you some idea of the wear on the cylinders linings, SEADOO manual should have the new compressions for the engine from the factory to compare them with. Low compression dont bother with it, check the spark plugs to see if they are burning cleanly, start the engine for 30 seconds, give a quick rev to 4500 rpm a couple of times, see if there is any oil smoke or smell of oil in the fumes - pretty easy to detect. Remember, the ROTAX is like a 4 stroke car engine, as long as its been well maintained and because it doesnt ingest salt water, it theoritically should last well into the 1000's of hours.