A water leak I didn't expect.......

[68ragtop]

I Decided to part ways with my 92 XP & SP. So to make showing them a little easier I decided to leave them out on the driveway on the trailer. We had a large thunderstorm Saturday night & in the morning I was outside & noticed the footwells on the SP were full to the top with rain water, & the XP, had next to nothing. I was puzzled for a moment until I pulled the seat off the XP & realized the water was now in the hull. Not just a little.

It became obvious that the water gets though the footwell pad rivets as the SP does not have them. I am sure many of you know this happens, but it was a surprise to me. I am guessing my other skis with rivets will also leak there as both of them have riveted foot pads.

 

[Dr Honda]

On the older skis... yep... they can leak.

FYI... when you have them siting... leave the rear plug out. That way... any rain that gets in... can drain right out.

 

[68ragtop]

I guess its odd that I never thought about it before, but somewhat of a dumb design IMO. Its funny becasue when I bought the ski, it had lost a piston & the P.O. took the cylinder off, then it sat in his back yard for a year before I bought it. I couldn't use any of the engine because it was destroyed from sitting in water. I couldn't help but wonder why he didn't just put the seat back on to keep water out of the hull. Now I know what really happened.....

So what happens when one of these "leaky" footwell skis sit tied up to a dock overnight? I am assuming they are going to fill up with water if it rains hard, or if waves keep water in the foot wells..... Hhhhmmmmm.

 

[Spimothy Leary]

yip,,, only way to fix it is to pull the turf, seal the rivets, put on new turf... $80 fix....includes the pre-requisite 3 beers.