1987 kawasaki 300 SX jet ski

[weswhtzl]

My son was riding the ski and it suddenly stopped running, I found the line from the oil pump was disconnected from the brass inlet on the motor I reconnected the line and tried to start and it blew off the hose again. I then tried to start it with the hose disconnected and felt air pressure coming from the brass hose inlet to the motor....What ould cause this? Thank you in advance for any help

 

[Jeff Walkowiak]

Re: 1987 kawasaki 300 SX jet ski

need a picture,, are you sure it is the oil line and not the pulse tube to the fuel pump..

 

[weswhtzl]

Re: 1987 kawasaki 300 SX jet ski

Thanks for the reply, I took pictures of the small brass inlet going into the crankcase and tried to post them on this website but they would not upload...I ordered a Kawasaki repair manual yesterday and will attempt repair. I suspect it is a broken reed. I can send pictures to your email if you wish. Thanks, Wes

 

[Jeff Walkowiak]

Re: 1987 kawasaki 300 SX jet ski

I know what you mean I have an awful time posting pictures here, I found posting them on photobucket and doing a direct link works for me. they have their file size way too limited for posting picks from your computer and I stink at resizing pictures so I go the photo bucket route.

 

[Jeff Walkowiak]

Re: 1987 kawasaki 300 SX jet ski

I know what you mean I have an awful time posting pictures here, I found posting them on photobucket and doing a direct link works for me. they have their file size way too limited for posting picks from your computer and I stink at resizing pictures so I go the photo bucket route. if it is a tiny brass fitting then it probably is the oil line and if that happened you may have some serious engine damage,, do a compression check, fortunately that engine is so small you can rebuild it pretty easily or replace it with a larger engine,, that ski is so under powered I had one once. it is hard to ride because it can't accelerate fast enough to keep you from falling over.