Hey all, I just picked up 2 2006 FX Cruiser HOs on a double continental trailer to use with my family (4 of us). We took a risk and bought a pair that the original owner had let sit for a year (his guess). He stored them in garage when new but eventually stored them outside in their covers under a carport type cover in the yard. Cosmetically, they are surprisingly nice looking with the exception of small brown/black spots on the handlebar chin-pad area. Anyone know how to scrub these off? Anyway, we got them with dead batteries and without being able to run them so it was risky. Original owner estimated 40 hours on each. We drained most of the gas with a syphon and it smelled and looked like normal gas so that was a good sign. I looked at the dipsticks when the engines were just cold and there was about half an inch of oil on one (normal or low? Sitting a year+ have any effect on levels), and the other didn't have any (I don't see pools of oil anywhere in the hull). We got a stick and checked with that in the one that was lower and saw some oil on the stick. So I added just a little 10w-40 to that ski so that the stick would read like the other one did just so we could see if the skis start (we are going to take them to a shop for new oil/filters/plugs. So we drained most of the old gas/refilled with new gas, put a little oil in one, and we looked at the air filters-fine, and we got new batteries charged up and dropped them in each. We took them out of the garage into the driveway apter reading about the keys and functions of the dash and figured out which keys fit which unit. So then we started one and it actually started immediately without hesitation and no throttle needed to keep it alive. We let it idle for maybe 30-40 seconds and then turned the water on so it would flush water through. We let it sit for about 5-8 minutes just letting it idle and we revved it to maybe 3k at most and let it idle some more, shut the water off, and then for about 15 seconds played with the throttle so it would shoot the rest of the water out of the tank. So, so far that ski seems to be running (we won't actually take them out until we get the oil/filter/plugs done). The next ski went through the same procedure except we just did it about 10 minutes ago because we had to wait on the battery to charge up so we didn't actually run it more than 15 seconds just sitting in the garage with no water (it idled like normal and tomorrow I will be hooking the water up to it and letting it run a little longer). When I turned that ski on, it didn't make the BEEP noise at all. Not once, twice, or three times. The green light flashed two or three times (not sure if it was low or normal mode) but that's all it did before it started. Also, it seems like the fuel pump was humming for a while before it would let me try to start it. If I hit the starter when it was in the middle of the hum sound it would just make a single click noise like a dead battery in a car does. So I thought my battery was low but the volts on the other ski read 12.5 and the volts on the ski that doesn't beep reads the same volts. Any ideas on why it won't beep?
Sorry for the super long post but I wanted to give all the detailed info I can to see what everyone thinks. I did try searching the no beep here and on google but came up without any great answer. One guy kept calling it a horn that is stuck but is it really a horn? I would just call it a beeping tone but maybe it is a horn. Any and all info would be much appreciated. I guess in summary, my main questions are:
1) Low oil reading in both machines when cold and even after starting the one up and letting it run for 8 minutes lead to the oil still being under the L on the dipstick (no oil lights came on either ski). Normal for a machine that's been sitting about a year or longer?
2) No beep noise on one ski. Anyone heard of this before? Solutions?
3) Mold-like brown/black spots on rubber center part of handlebars from sitting outside under a cover. Any way to scrub them off?
Again, sorry for the LONG post but I want to be clear on what's going on with my skis that I've had for a day. Tomorrow I will start the ski up that doesn't beep and I'll let it run for about 8 minutes or so and see if anything magical happens and the beep works.
Thanks for reading
Sorry for the super long post but I wanted to give all the detailed info I can to see what everyone thinks. I did try searching the no beep here and on google but came up without any great answer. One guy kept calling it a horn that is stuck but is it really a horn? I would just call it a beeping tone but maybe it is a horn. Any and all info would be much appreciated. I guess in summary, my main questions are:
1) Low oil reading in both machines when cold and even after starting the one up and letting it run for 8 minutes lead to the oil still being under the L on the dipstick (no oil lights came on either ski). Normal for a machine that's been sitting about a year or longer?
2) No beep noise on one ski. Anyone heard of this before? Solutions?
3) Mold-like brown/black spots on rubber center part of handlebars from sitting outside under a cover. Any way to scrub them off?
Again, sorry for the LONG post but I want to be clear on what's going on with my skis that I've had for a day. Tomorrow I will start the ski up that doesn't beep and I'll let it run for about 8 minutes or so and see if anything magical happens and the beep works.
Thanks for reading