kevbrisrq

All - I have 2 2005 GTI-RFI's. One of them I have been having an issue with for months. It runs fins on the trailer - and does not produce any error codes when a computer is hooked up.

When I take it out - it will run fine sometimes for hours (it is random) seems like after a no wake zone - the ski goes into limp mode - we have brought the ski to the shop 2 times now and the first time - they took it on the water and it worked for them - so they did a maintenance and gave it back - 200 bucks - we took it out and again after a few hours coming out of a no wake went into limp mode.

Brought it back - they took it out and it was in limp mode - they said no errors came up - they went through the electrical system and found a shorted wire - they replace it and gave us the ski back (250 bucks) - went out on a saturday for about 3 hours - no problem - took them out the next day - after an hour - and coming again out of a no wake zone - it went into limp mode.

Any ideas? I have read about the rectifier - being an issue - I tested the battery - it is at 12.8 volts - I have not run the ski with the volt meter on yet - too early in the morning to start the ski - the compression is 150+ - we are ready to sell these damn things because it is getting so frustrating - you cant enjoy them when all you think is when is this going to break down.

Any help from the knowledge base on here i appreciated - I am no mechanic - I have a good understanding of the ski because I have been reading for 2 months since this has been going on.

Appreciate your help!

kevbrisrq

One other thing I forgot to mention - it seems like when you put a load on the ski (in the water) it doesn't start easily - have to give it throttle - not sure if this is related but my other GTi starts right up no problem - this ski hesitates and you need to give throttle for it to start