chike87

Need help here. Have a Yamaha 800 XL, last time on water ran fine for first part of day, took a break, tried to start on no luck. I checked the plugs and they were a little bit fouled, sanded them a bit, put them back in but still not starting. Not sure what else to do, I am not too familiar with the ski so not sure location of carburators ect. Any ideas?

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are u getting spark

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chike87

yes, getting spark.

chike87

ok guys, got it started using starting spray, I know I should not use this or use it much. Once started it works fine but it is not quite idleing right and if you let it die out it will not start again without spray. I guess this is the carburetors need cleaning, correct?

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yes clean carb

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chike87

took it to lake today, ran great for about 300 yards then started bogging down then stalling. Could restart pretty easily and would run for a couple hundred yards then same thing. Eventually would not start and had to tow it back. What is a fair price to have the carbs re-done?

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i charge 1.5hrs first 1, 1hr after that per next 1

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chike87

thanks for the info. Hopefully I will be up and running soon.

chike87

Took ski to a mechanic, was going to leave for him to rebuild carbs, he calls and said one of the cylinders does not have good compression and needs to be rebuilt. I told him the symptoms of the ski seamed to be carburetor related. He said a bad cylinder would have similar symptoms as far as the ski starting then stalling after a few hundred yards, said the cylinder probably locks up and freezes it from running and shuts down. Does this sound right to you guy? I also noticed when I started it last I did not have water pissing off the left side of the ski as you are sitting on the ski.

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what where the numbers?

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