SEA DOO 951 SBT BRAND NEW MOTOR any ideas
 

Kidz blew up the sea doo in july (ran without oil)and took it in for a new motor ,spent 2500.00 for a new SBT motor w/2yr warranty and install and was ready for pick up saturday.Took it to the river to break it in and put 1.3 hours on it and the motor is knockin & ready to let loose .any ideas ??? had oil in resevoir,put 1 quart of oil in gas tank with 15 gallons . fouled out 4 plugs in 1 hour so i figure she was rich enuf,plugs are pitted from detonation and boat shop says motor is warranty but 1100.00 for labor again. i believe they did'nt set timing but they insist sea doos are fixed with key way.i cant open the motor or my warranty is VOID.any ideas guys ????:p

You having to pay for labor again is BS!!!!!!! Its certainly not your fault the engine was a POS. They should have water tested it. If you paid with a credit card, dispute the charge NOW!!!

SBT stands for ,sorry bout that !!
no shop is going to warranty labor on a rebuilt motor from someone else. there is a company just down the street from sbt that does a much better job and i believe will pay for labor to replace if found to be their fault and their $100 cheaper.http://www.pmcna.com/

I dont believe it was SBT fault at all , i think the repair shop did'nt set the timing right .i did pull the oil pump today and ran it on a drill and it pumped a 5 gallon bucket in no time . Seems the boat shop is coming up with excuse after excuse and another customer showed up this morning with a blown up ski with only 10 hours:cool-smiley-011:

NO CC , paid in green , he claims he water tested for a a couple and ran out of gas so he put a quart of oil in the gas tank incase there was an air bubble in the oil line.Anybody had the same luck ???

Drop in a Small block stroked 383 with a hood scoop :D:ernaehrung004:

Maybe its got too much oil. My old sea doo has an oil tank separate the gas. I would think any additional oil in the gas would cause it to not run right.

Fire the mechanic.

The best thing to do is to buy a crate 951 from Sea-Doo, cost a bit more than an SBT engine but you will get life out of it, and great service. SBT engines have about a 60% failure rate and are highly known for failure. They are a good alternative source for the do-it-your-selfer, you can get an engine fairly cheap, but don't expect any duration out of it. I have purchased a few in my time from them and they are known to re-use gaskets, gobs of blue glue where gaskets should be and other shotty work that is just not acceptable. You have a few options.....fix it and sell it or buy a sea doo engine, kick SBT to the curb if you plan to keep it. My dealer will not even touch an SBT engine.

SBT says to do this for break-in, its part of their procedure!

Fire the mechanic.[/QUOTE] Is putting it nicely,He has changed the story again and said we should have put a new oil pump since it had 100 hours on it .If it needed it should have done it and put it on the bill .Dropping it off at a different shop tonite :cool-smiley-011:and we'll try it again