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I know I should probably post this on a waverunner forum but I am not a member of any and you all know these engines well.
I have an '11 Waverunner VXS with the 1.8 and 100 hours. Last weekend We used it a lot and had no issues, it sat in the water overnight and in the morning I was going to load it on the trailer, tried to start it and it turned over slow a few times then backfired loud! Tried again to start and it fired up and seemed to run good. Idled out of the cove for a few minutes then it started running rough and shaking, then died. I had to swim it to shore and tow it to the launch.
First thing I thought of was the dreaded timing chain issue, but pulled the cover and it looks good. got it up to the house and put the battery charger on it and after a couple of hours tried to start it again and it fired right up and idled normally. Let it set for another few hours then hit the starter again and it started but idled rough.
I know the first thing to try would be new plugs, even though I just put new in this year. Any other ideas? To me it acts like it might have jumped time but not sure if that is even possible on these engines
Thanks in advance
I have an '11 Waverunner VXS with the 1.8 and 100 hours. Last weekend We used it a lot and had no issues, it sat in the water overnight and in the morning I was going to load it on the trailer, tried to start it and it turned over slow a few times then backfired loud! Tried again to start and it fired up and seemed to run good. Idled out of the cove for a few minutes then it started running rough and shaking, then died. I had to swim it to shore and tow it to the launch.
First thing I thought of was the dreaded timing chain issue, but pulled the cover and it looks good. got it up to the house and put the battery charger on it and after a couple of hours tried to start it again and it fired right up and idled normally. Let it set for another few hours then hit the starter again and it started but idled rough.
I know the first thing to try would be new plugs, even though I just put new in this year. Any other ideas? To me it acts like it might have jumped time but not sure if that is even possible on these engines
Thanks in advance