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sea-doo question?
I have a pair of seadoos one 1994 xp and a 1996 xp. We bought them two years ago and rode the hell out of them the first year. Never owning any type of boat before I wasn't real sure on how to winterize them. Someone told me just to run the engines for a second or two to clear any water and make sure that there was no water in the hulls which I did. Then they sat outside all winter long. The next summer we didn't ride them at all, but I did start both to make sure they would start. Then they sat outside another winter. Now I am kinda wanting to take them to the lake and I know the batteries are dead, but I didnt use any fuel stabilzer at all. And does the 2 stroke oil have a shelf life or anything, cause I have 2 gallons of that just sitting around. Anyone think that these two would just need batteries or if I take them to the lake would that just blow up or sink?
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- Havoc SquadLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
Gas does have a shelf life when not treated with gas stabilizer. If the fuel in the PWC fuel tanks wasn't treated with fuel stabilizer, your gas has probably now probably gone bad and needs to be drained out of the tank and disposed of in a responsible manner.
Second, unless you remembered to shut the gas selector to "off" and run the carb out of gas every time you put your PWC up, you probably let gas & oil build up in the carb. That means you'll have to have a carb cleaning and probably carb rebuild as well. Carb cleaning and rebuilding should be done by a PWC service tech if you aren't mechanically adept in following service manual instructions for your PWCs' model and year.
If you want your PWC's batteries to last longer than 1 or 2 years, pull them out when putting your PWC's away for the year. Keep them in a shed or garage and trickle charge (low amp charge) them once or twice during the winter.
Make sure you remember how the battery terminals are connected, getting this wrong when you put it back in could do very expensive damage to your electrical system and starter system.
Never leave batteries in boats or PWC's when out of season, they can eventually discharge themselves or go bad when exposed to extreme temperature changes during the fall and winter.
Source(s): 3rd Generation boater 15 years of experience 6 years of PWC experience. - K.O.Lv 41 decade ago
Stale Gas is you big problem. You will need to dispose of the old gas and put some fresh gas in the tank with some fuel stabilizer (a triple dose to clean the fuel system).
My recommendations
Get a new battery
Spray WD40 into the cylinders and turn the motor over to get out any condensation (This also will help prevent piston scoring by loosening any corrosion that may be present). Turning the motor over without the spark plugs will blowout stuff that does not belong in the cylinder head.
Put new spark plugs in
Try and start the thing up.
Spray some carb cleaner into the air intake making sure you don't stall the engine.
The old 2 stroke oil in the reservoir is probably OK, throw out the rest and add new oil.
If that does not work, you carb needs service or replacement.
Hope it works...mine sat for a while too. It was not a happy seadoo.
