I bought a 2005 VX110 last year from a rental place with about 500 miles on it, and it was running great then.
We rode them all summer last year without too many problems. At the end of the year, however, we accidently did not tighten the gas cap on one of them and the cap came off, and water (salt water) went into the gas tank. We pulled it out of the water ASAP and started to pump out the gas/water mixture (there was A LOT of water in there). I can't quite remember, but I think we put in some new gas and tried running it for a bit longer after that, but didn't really run it.
As I get ready for the season this year, I changed the spark plugs on it and took it out. It has a hard time starting and when it does start (giving it a bit of gas to really start), you have to keep on the throttle just a bit so it does not shut off. If you let go of the throttle, it dies out. The VX barely has any power when going and has no top speed (about 35 mph).
The engine seems like it's misfiring and running extremely rough. I checked out the spark plugs and coils and they seem to be okay (all plugs coils spark). I also went through an entire tank of premium gas to see if it was just some water vapors still mixed with the gas that needed to be burnt out. This did not work, so I put in some gas cleaner stuff (which should take care of any water in the gas tank), but that also did not work.
I'm starting to run out of options and I do not know what is wrong with the skii. I'm somewhat mechanically inclined in cars and motorcycles, but I'm not very familiar on what to do when it comes to water problems. I'm hoping someone can give me some advice on what to check next and what it could be.
I appreciate the help.
We rode them all summer last year without too many problems. At the end of the year, however, we accidently did not tighten the gas cap on one of them and the cap came off, and water (salt water) went into the gas tank. We pulled it out of the water ASAP and started to pump out the gas/water mixture (there was A LOT of water in there). I can't quite remember, but I think we put in some new gas and tried running it for a bit longer after that, but didn't really run it.
As I get ready for the season this year, I changed the spark plugs on it and took it out. It has a hard time starting and when it does start (giving it a bit of gas to really start), you have to keep on the throttle just a bit so it does not shut off. If you let go of the throttle, it dies out. The VX barely has any power when going and has no top speed (about 35 mph).
The engine seems like it's misfiring and running extremely rough. I checked out the spark plugs and coils and they seem to be okay (all plugs coils spark). I also went through an entire tank of premium gas to see if it was just some water vapors still mixed with the gas that needed to be burnt out. This did not work, so I put in some gas cleaner stuff (which should take care of any water in the gas tank), but that also did not work.
I'm starting to run out of options and I do not know what is wrong with the skii. I'm somewhat mechanically inclined in cars and motorcycles, but I'm not very familiar on what to do when it comes to water problems. I'm hoping someone can give me some advice on what to check next and what it could be.
I appreciate the help.