Jet-Ski / Boat Guys

[Cobraman]

A friend is selling a 2008 Sea Doo GTI SE130 for a lady he knows. It ran great and had low hours - but they managed to flip it in lake Lewisville and it won't start at all now. She took it to the dealer immediately and they looked it over and said "it wasn't worth fixing." So it sat for a year and now my buddy is trying to sell and offered it to me. Kbb is around $5k running. I can most likely get it for $1k. Anyone dealt with something like this? I'm not too interested, but if I can get it going without too much $$ it is worth my time to keep or flip.

Thanks in advance guys.

[TeeShock]

part it on ebay?

[Cobraman]

part it on ebay?

Probably too much work for not too much gain.

[FastFord19]

How long ago did they flip it?

[Cobraman]

How long ago did they flip it?

Talked to my buddy and got it clarified. Was flipped last fall, taken to dealer immediately, and has been sitting since.

[Ruffdaddy]

Did they say what is actually wrong with it. I know rebuilding my 2 stroke rotax engines was pricy if using genuine rotax parts...so if you can't get aftermarket parts...its likely the repairs will almost cost the same as a new engine.

[Tremor14]

hayabusa motor!

[Cobraman]

Did they say what is actually wrong with it. I know rebuilding my 2 stroke rotax engines was pricy if using genuine rotax parts...so if you can't get aftermarket parts...its likely the repairs will almost cost the same as a new engine.

It was a chick. All they said was it wasn't worth it - probably basing it on new motor.

[lowthreeohz]

Take a battery, compression tester, and some mmo or wd40 and check the numbers. If compression looks good and the hull isn't a mess it shouldn't be too hard to get going again. Worst part is working in the hull. I'd be most worried about a bent rod knowing that back story, so check it good.

[Rreemo]

I'm kind of curious how bad it was flipped, b/c it's pretty common that these things get flipped over when playing around and never sustain any damage. I flipped my old Polaris a bunch of times, as did others who rode it, and I never had any issues with it at all.

did it ingest water through the intake or perhaps run upside down and dry?

[inline 6]

I am guessing if it went to the dealer and they said what they did that the motor is gone.

[Cobraman]

I am guessing if it went to the dealer and they said what they did that the motor is gone.

Maybe. Could have been them trying to take advantage of a lady though.

[TX21]

Two or four stroke?

[Rreemo]

Two or four stroke?

From what I recall, I think that is one of the bigger 4-stroke units. I think they were well over 100hp...something like 125hp iirc.

They were pretty pricey new as well.

[Captain Crawfish]

U you can fix it easy I would look for something a lil more powerful though