Hello,
I have a 2011 SX-R 800 that is less than one day old. After burning through the first full tank of fuel (We had to switch to "Reserve") I took it back to the dock to re-fill. A new tank was added..... I rode it for about twenty minutes, nothing crazy, some steep bank turns, then back to the shore.... It floated attached to the buoy for maybe an hour..... My wife started it back up again (She's been riding stand-ups since she was a kid, I have always been on two wheels until now). She took it around for maybe five minutes, and it stalled. She never rolled, flipped or submerged the ski, it just stalled at random while riding. About five minutes later she was able to get it started. She got maybe fifty feet from shore before it stalled again. I asked if the fuel was "On"... yes. Was the choke on?... "No". Nothing was stuck in the intake and there was maybe 3/4" of water in the hull. After waiting for about ten minutes, I was able to start it up by choking it half way, then turning the choke off completely. I then limped it back to the ramps without a stall, anticipating it might in the middle of the traffic.
When we pulled it from the water at the boat ramp, I checked the plugs and they were not fouled.... At this point I really had no idea. Does this sound like some water made it into the fuel tank?...... It ran great for the first tank-full of fuel but once it was filled the problems began.
Please, any advice on this would be great.
I have a 2011 SX-R 800 that is less than one day old. After burning through the first full tank of fuel (We had to switch to "Reserve") I took it back to the dock to re-fill. A new tank was added..... I rode it for about twenty minutes, nothing crazy, some steep bank turns, then back to the shore.... It floated attached to the buoy for maybe an hour..... My wife started it back up again (She's been riding stand-ups since she was a kid, I have always been on two wheels until now). She took it around for maybe five minutes, and it stalled. She never rolled, flipped or submerged the ski, it just stalled at random while riding. About five minutes later she was able to get it started. She got maybe fifty feet from shore before it stalled again. I asked if the fuel was "On"... yes. Was the choke on?... "No". Nothing was stuck in the intake and there was maybe 3/4" of water in the hull. After waiting for about ten minutes, I was able to start it up by choking it half way, then turning the choke off completely. I then limped it back to the ramps without a stall, anticipating it might in the middle of the traffic.
When we pulled it from the water at the boat ramp, I checked the plugs and they were not fouled.... At this point I really had no idea. Does this sound like some water made it into the fuel tank?...... It ran great for the first tank-full of fuel but once it was filled the problems began.
Please, any advice on this would be great.
