jnunez4
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Hello All,
Was hoping to get some help. So I will begin by stating that I made a very dumb mistake of not putting in the plugs on my Doo before putting it in the lake and consequently it took on water and by the time I noticed had about 7-12" of water and ended up flooding the engine. Unfortunately we noticed when the ski would only turn over once a didn't start. There weren't any warning beeps or anything outside of not turning over (sealed battery was completely submerged under water). I immediately took it out of the water, removed the plugs and proceeded to remove the water from the engine by turning it over periodically with a rag over the top of the plug holes to absorb the water (plug wires grounded :thumbsup
. Slowly but surely, the engine turned over more and more till I finally got it to idle. I took it back out on the lake and was able to run it. It ran really sluggish at the lower end and top end. There was a "sweet spot" on the throttle (around 4000 RPM) where if you kept it there it would begin accelerating and reach a top speed of about 40MPH. If the throttle was pressed in more from this sweet spot all the way to full throttle, it would bog down again and drop in speed to the high teens, low twenty's. When idling, it seemed to run like normal but when accelerating still ran quite sluggish till you hit that sweet spot. I alternated running it and then removing the plugs to get any remaining water for several hours as I also tried to run down the gas in the tank thinking maybe it had taken on some water... I had a full tank when it happened - go figure! No luck on getting it to run like normal through this trial and error so I gave up some hours later and put it back on the trailer. When I got it back home, I took the plugs out once more, sprayed some WD 40 in each of the plug holes and put a fan over the engine compartment to try and help dry everything out. The next day I drained the gas tank and replaced it with new gas and a can of seafoam as well as replacing the plugs. Took it back out on the lake for about 20mins and still had the same issue. In doing some additional research, I have read that the rave valves if dirty might be a cause of poor acceleration/top speed when mucked up so I have disassembled them, cleaned them and put them back together. They had a bit of carbon on them and a mucky fluid which I assume was oil (black/brown consistency) on them. I have not yet had the opportunity to take to the lake to see if this cleared up the problem but was wondering if anyone had any other recommendations on what else I can check, clean or try? BTW I also checked the electrical box in the rear of the ski and it was bone dry so I can only assume that everything is okay there. Any help would be truly appreciated!
Was hoping to get some help. So I will begin by stating that I made a very dumb mistake of not putting in the plugs on my Doo before putting it in the lake and consequently it took on water and by the time I noticed had about 7-12" of water and ended up flooding the engine. Unfortunately we noticed when the ski would only turn over once a didn't start. There weren't any warning beeps or anything outside of not turning over (sealed battery was completely submerged under water). I immediately took it out of the water, removed the plugs and proceeded to remove the water from the engine by turning it over periodically with a rag over the top of the plug holes to absorb the water (plug wires grounded :thumbsup
. Slowly but surely, the engine turned over more and more till I finally got it to idle. I took it back out on the lake and was able to run it. It ran really sluggish at the lower end and top end. There was a "sweet spot" on the throttle (around 4000 RPM) where if you kept it there it would begin accelerating and reach a top speed of about 40MPH. If the throttle was pressed in more from this sweet spot all the way to full throttle, it would bog down again and drop in speed to the high teens, low twenty's. When idling, it seemed to run like normal but when accelerating still ran quite sluggish till you hit that sweet spot. I alternated running it and then removing the plugs to get any remaining water for several hours as I also tried to run down the gas in the tank thinking maybe it had taken on some water... I had a full tank when it happened - go figure! No luck on getting it to run like normal through this trial and error so I gave up some hours later and put it back on the trailer. When I got it back home, I took the plugs out once more, sprayed some WD 40 in each of the plug holes and put a fan over the engine compartment to try and help dry everything out. The next day I drained the gas tank and replaced it with new gas and a can of seafoam as well as replacing the plugs. Took it back out on the lake for about 20mins and still had the same issue. In doing some additional research, I have read that the rave valves if dirty might be a cause of poor acceleration/top speed when mucked up so I have disassembled them, cleaned them and put them back together. They had a bit of carbon on them and a mucky fluid which I assume was oil (black/brown consistency) on them. I have not yet had the opportunity to take to the lake to see if this cleared up the problem but was wondering if anyone had any other recommendations on what else I can check, clean or try? BTW I also checked the electrical box in the rear of the ski and it was bone dry so I can only assume that everything is okay there. Any help would be truly appreciated!
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