97 GSX took in water

[rotaxrule1]

Hello,

I took my machines out last Saturday for a quick ride. To make a long story short, during the lauching of my XP, and being stupid I had the drain plugs open on the gsx from loading it up previously. It sat for about 2-3 minutes before I realized what I had done. Opened the seat and it had water up to the top of the drive shaft shield (whatever it is formally called).

Being panicked as you can imagine, I got my butt back to the truck and pulled everything out of the water and let the water drain from the gsx. As soon as it was drained, I fired it up. Without hesitation, it fired right up like a champ.

So, being a bit paranoid, I decided to put the plugs in and take it for a quick burn back and forth for about 5-10 minutes to let the bailers get the rest of the water out and make sure the machine ran normal still. Got it all loaded back up, everything seemed perfectly normal thus far. Took the VTS cover and electrical box cover off and lubed everything with bombardier lube, along with a light coat across various metal parts and cables under there.

My question to the experts, would you say I covered most or all my bases here or should I worry about anything else? Thanks in advance for any help.

-Brandon

 

[onebadcav00]

i would say you should be good

 

[rotaxrule1]

Good to know, just thought I'd be sure. Now that little incident should teach me.

 

[b15philly]

As long as you didn't get any water in the motor you should be good. I would make sue to flush your ski out with fresh water after every use as well:cheers:

 

[rotaxrule1]

Thanks for the feedback guys, when you say flush it out, are you recomending I flush out the hull with a light spray of water or flush the engine cooling system? I have wondered about cleaning the hull because it has a bit of grease and some gunk (not bad but kinda looks dirty)

 

[b15philly]

I am referring to hooking up to a hose and flushing out the motor with fresh water. You should turn the motor on then turn the water on and when shutting down, turn the water off then turn the motor off. I wouldn't worry about the inside of the hull.:cheers:

 

[rotaxrule1]

Sounds good, thanks again for the input.