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- Minneapolis Minnesota
How often do you guys have your engines rebuilt? I've heard of doing it every 100 hours but is that overkill? By rebuild i mean all new gaskets, crank rebuilt, crank seals, pistons etc.
engine rebuild timeframe
- Thread starter Pat Benatar
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- Minneapolis Minnesota
x scream 828cc is what I am buying.
Blue
Judging your cheapness
- Location
- St Cloud Florida
I recommend a topend inspection every 2 years. Then u can see whats needed.
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- Minneapolis Minnesota
ok thanks
Blue
Judging your cheapness
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- St Cloud Florida
This is for a ported or performance engine making more than stoch hp. I have seen alot of cheap parts fail at 2 to 3 years like wrist pin bearings that could have been replaced for $35 cost a customer an entire engine.
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- Location
- Lake Orion, MI
When I had my xscream 828, it had cageless sea-doo wrist pin bearings that were recommended change every 80 hours. The caged bearings that it initially had were recommended at 50 hours.
Quinc
Buy a Superjet
- Location
- California
Call up xscream and see what they recommend. Also wouldn't hurt to check compression a couple times every season.
air blair
you are the reason
- Location
- thumb, mich again
When I got my xs1000 the people before me didn't inspect and when I did there was too much play for my liking and had to replace crank. Like blue said about every two years a tear down and look see.
Air blair cell
- Location
- Minneapolis Minnesota
Cool thanks for the help guys.
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- Long Island
I'm shocked at the generic 2 year answer... A stock 701 yeah, once you start putting a high compression head on there and anything else, you're gonna need to keep an eye on it. 2 stroke is tough, it will keep running great with failing wrist pin bearings. Pistons will start scuffing and you'll have no idea because it will be running great!! That's why it's important to check. A base gasket and wrist pins are cheap and don't take long to do in the hull.
It goes by hours and not years. If I checked my top end every 2 years my motor would be blown up before I had the chance for maintenance.
How many hours do you put on it a season?
Is the motor brand new from the start?
Did you use a brand new OEM crank?
Do you flush/fog and make sure your engine bay is dry every time you finish riding?
Seriously how many hours a month do you ride? I ride more in one month than some people do in a year. If you are serious about the maintenance there are a lot of things you don't want to slack on.
A stock stroke 850 needs a lot of attention. Definitely talk to x scream after you figure out how much you ride the thing.
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It goes by hours and not years. If I checked my top end every 2 years my motor would be blown up before I had the chance for maintenance.
How many hours do you put on it a season?
Is the motor brand new from the start?
Did you use a brand new OEM crank?
Do you flush/fog and make sure your engine bay is dry every time you finish riding?
Seriously how many hours a month do you ride? I ride more in one month than some people do in a year. If you are serious about the maintenance there are a lot of things you don't want to slack on.
A stock stroke 850 needs a lot of attention. Definitely talk to x scream after you figure out how much you ride the thing.
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Motor is a few seasons old, has been rebuilt every 100 hours. I was planning on rebuilding it every 100 hours and wanted to see if that was overkill. I ride about 40 hours a month if the weather is nice enough. Up here in MN, we only get about 4 months of non-wetsuit riding, 5-6 months if we're really lucky. Motor hasn't been used in a year, but was rebuilt and just sat on a shelf after the last use. I flush but do not fog after every use, it only sits for about 2 days without being ridden at least for an hour, engine bay is always dry when I put it away.
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- Minneapolis Minnesota
Also only freshwater riding, obviously.
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Blue
Judging your cheapness
- Location
- St Cloud Florida
I built 2 experimental ported motors for testing about 5 years ago.
One was a stock stroke 850 using an sbt crank at 220 psi on 93 octane using Amsoil Dominator oil. This was my motor. And a Budget BB for @JetManiac. It was stock stroke 84mm on 93 pump gas and running Amsoil. After 2 years of beating these motors both engines were disassembled and inspected. Jetmaiacs was basically still in great shape and my motor had one noisy crank bearing but ran excellent. We both live in florida and ride year round. I never fogged my 850 since it was a test engine. I would estimate the fuel usage to be at least 10 gallons a weekend. Or around 400 gallons per year. This was the engine i learned to backflip with so the motor was sunk a couple times and ingested water on a regular basis.
The 2 year recommendation is for skis that are ridden regularly. But keep in mind engines that sit allot tend to rust inside due to water sitting inside the pipe causing condensation in the engine. This is a common cause of wrist pin failure. This is why i recommend the 2 year inspection.
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One was a stock stroke 850 using an sbt crank at 220 psi on 93 octane using Amsoil Dominator oil. This was my motor. And a Budget BB for @JetManiac. It was stock stroke 84mm on 93 pump gas and running Amsoil. After 2 years of beating these motors both engines were disassembled and inspected. Jetmaiacs was basically still in great shape and my motor had one noisy crank bearing but ran excellent. We both live in florida and ride year round. I never fogged my 850 since it was a test engine. I would estimate the fuel usage to be at least 10 gallons a weekend. Or around 400 gallons per year. This was the engine i learned to backflip with so the motor was sunk a couple times and ingested water on a regular basis.
The 2 year recommendation is for skis that are ridden regularly. But keep in mind engines that sit allot tend to rust inside due to water sitting inside the pipe causing condensation in the engine. This is a common cause of wrist pin failure. This is why i recommend the 2 year inspection.
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