Re: Bringing SeaDoo Out Of Storage
oh boy, I posted a lot of good info on pre storage at a site, called pwc alaska under maintenance. but I think you are in for more trouble than just the pump, pull the pump off the boat, you have the old carrier seal on the drive shaft those may be frozen to the shaft also, remove the plugs from engine and pour 2 oz of auto trans fluid in carbs with throttle open and a little more in plug holes and let it sit a day. don't crank the engine. drain all the gas and oil from the tanks. spray all the carb linkage with wd 40 with the pump off see if its frozen or was it the engine that was frozen. I never saw a pump stick like you described. while the pump is out change the lube if it has any left in it. if its milkey 3 years will destroy the berrings and it will need to be rebuilt, get a sea doo splined tool and after 24 hours place it in the pto flywheel rock the engine back and forth with a breaker bar manually ontill it turns free, with plugs out obviously.place a rag over the engine to catch the trans fluid as it comes out of the plug holes and disconnect the pulse lines from the fuel pump. ground the wires and crank the fluid out with the starter don't run the starter too long or you will get it hot. while you are cranking the engine have some fresh gas in the tank with the return hose going into a can to collect it, have some 2 stroke oil in the gas to lube the internal parts, this should flush out the carbs and may save a rebuild on them. after you have the trans fluid flushed out of the engine and it is turning over easily put in the plugs connect the wires and pour a small amount of gas in the carbs . Try to start it it will foul the plugs several times clean them and repeat but do not tighten them just finger tighten also re attach the pulse hose to the fuel pump, once it starts to try to run have a hose ready, when it starts, run it on the hose for 3 min re clean the plugs tighten them and run it a few min more. re install the berring carrier with new berrings and seals and re install the pump and see if it works out ok . I have brought many 787 and 951 engines back to life and this is how I do it. After it runs a while remove the plugs, bring each piston up to top dead center as soon as it starts on its way down, stop turning the engine and push on the top of the piston with a scrwedriver if it goes clunk the rod berrings have play in them if its tight and there is no play it will probably be ok you should have a 720 engine in your ski and those are really a simple engine and pretty indestructable when they are taken care of but 3 years with water in the exhaust evaporating and condensing in the crank case may bee more than it could handle. hope this helps.
