Newbie here, also new to pwc. I bought a used 2012 Rxtx with 109 hours recently. Had three great days riding her on bay waters, floated the pwc at night , tied to pier. Ran great each day, did not take on water, other than some rainwater as we had downpours regularly at night. Day four, out and running well again, noticed that a slight wine went away after an hour of riding. Started to porpoise, knew was taking on water and tried desperately to get her to shore. Nope. Stuttered, stopped and immediately rolled and knew I was in trouble. Was able to flag down another boat, hopped in and made calls to get my Doo towed in. Got it back to trailer, completely swamped the inside of hull with salt water. I pickled her within ten hours. Removed plugs, blew out water. Sprayed down cylinders. Sucked out oil(plenty of water) from dipstick. Opened all electrical connections I could find and dried them. Put fan in hull and constantly tried to dry out. I have researched the cause of this PITA problem, and am pretty sure it is wear ring or hose fittings. I will cross that bridge when I feel I am ready. Meanwhile, I am trying to start her, unsuccessful. Changed plugs. New battery, solenoid, redid all connections. Turns over slower than normal, wants to start, briefly fires, but seems like either fuel starved or... pulled plugs, smell ok, not very gassy though. I plan on replacing IBR motor myself, as it is rusty, seemed to work ok though. How hard is it to replace the starter motor on this PWC? I am mechanically advanced, but never have worked on an engine such as this one. I chose this PWC because I have had great luck with Ski Doo snowmobiles and like the quality product. I wrench anything I can , limited now because of ECM, BUDS, etc. I am now trying to salvage this beast, and am willing to spend some dough to fix it. Have dealer rape me, or can I get it started somehow and replace wear ring? I tried ether, again lit briefly then nothing.
Should I just go to dealer and have it brought back to life?
Should I just go to dealer and have it brought back to life?