Peebster

Troll.......?

mnemonic

Update! 20 hours and running great! TOok it out for the first time last week since repair. Looks like they may have done it right.

Jwsav

I don't have 2 homes or 10 jet skis but a sale is a sale. If this guy had an engine failure like this that soon they should have taken the ski back! It doesn't matter if you buy one or ten. If it broke that soon they should give you a new one. Think about it. If you spent that kind of money on a ski do you want it to have a history like that? What happens when you want to sell it. Do you honestly think that someone wants to buy a ski with that history? If you ask me it degrades the value of it! They have plenty of ski repair schools they could send it to for people to learn. It doesn't make any sense to treat a customer that way with a hopefully rare instance. Just my two cents. People come to these sights to vent and it helps the rest of us know what companies truly stand behind there product. If your gonna jump on someone because there doing better than you don't expect for most to share there problems with you so you know who to buy from in the future.

2007FXHOyama

I believe you because it happened to my for 24 hours.

2007FXHOyama

I consider you a Yamaha employee!!! why could yamaha just acknowledge their faulty piston rods on FX HO 160?

ZARDOZ

I am not a Yamaha employee, but I do have two XLT 1200's. I just want to lend my support to Ernest T. I have not seen anyone else on the Yamaha portion of this forum who is as willing to lend information and assistance to those in need as he is. He is indeed a stauch supporter of Yamaha, and I believe his support stems from his personal experience with Yamaha and other brands of PWC. When YOU have as many posts, and have assisted as many people as Ernest T, then maybe you can throw stones. Until that time keep your stones to yourself.

And maybe you caught him on a bad day two years ago when your 10th ski died. Maybe all your talk about your 10 skis, your numerous houses and your profitable business rubbed him the wrong way. Remember, "to err is human, to forgive divine."

In 2011 I had problems with a broken timing chain on a sea poo GTI with only 30 hours. Puked the entire engine. sea poo told me to go pound sand as the GTI was out of warranty. My easy solution was to get rid of the sea poo and switch to Yamaha. I will never recommend or own another sea poo. That's my approach to my bad experience. Suck it up and keep on going.

I hope that your future experiences with Yamahas will be trouble free, and that you will be able to enjoy your 10 (maybe now 12) jet skis at your two fine homes financed by your more-than-prosperous business endeavors without any worries or problems. I also extend my best to Ernest T., and thank him for all the hours of help, information and assistance he has provided to this forum.

Happy Holidays to you all, with wishes of peace on Earth and good will among men.

Z


former sea doo owner, will never own one again

jsdeprey

Ill second that about Ernest, he more than anyone on this forum constantly gives his time and help, so lets not throw too many stones.

If this had happened to me, I would have demanded a new ski, no rebuild for me when I buy a new ski and it fails that fast, I would want another new ski PERIOD, or I would tell them to take it back and give me my money back or something.
That said, I think this was a rare case, and the talk about how many skis or houses you have had nothing to do with the issue or why any of us would agree that Yamaha owned you a new ski or a rebuild.
I would say that once you agreed to havething them ship you the engine parts, you should have known you were in for some kind of wait, seems I cant get anything shipped in a week or two unless its Amazon.

Outlaw

I have to stick up for Ernest as well. He and I have been friends on this forum for over 2 years. He by far knows more about Yamaha jet skis then anyone else on this forum. I am a Seadoo guy to the end, but Yamaha is my second choice. Just like Seadoo is his second choice. He takes the time to help people out that otherwise would be clueless. Very rarely does he even get a thank you. So the haters should get a life some where else.


Later

Outlaw

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Ernest T

ZARDOZ, jsdeprey, and Outlaw; Wow guys, I'm tearing up here.

Seriously, thanks for the kind words!

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2007FXHOyama

I don't cry. I bought a new engine block, 4 piston rods, 5 valves, and pistons...

It ran in the shop really well. When I went to test in the water, on 9K rpm and another cylinder threw a rod, just like the Cylinder # 1 That threw a rod before the Complete rebuild.