Flooded Engine Compartment

[jcross312]

Hello everybody. Just got a nice 2001 GTX just a couple weeks ago and took my good buddy with me to go jet skiing with his son. He just got a new wake board and ski rope, which he quickly sucked into the propeller of my new ride.:facepalm: Thanks Buddy! Then he tells me to flip it over so we can get the rope out. After 30 minutes working with sticks and a knife we get the rope out. Then flip it back over to find the thing is slam full of water. :facepalm: I'm starting to really dislike my friend at this point and his whiny son. lol. Take the plugs out and turn it over and enough water comes out to fill a kitchen sink. Finally we tow it 6 miles back to the boat ramp. I take it home, blow it out, and get it to start with starting fluid. run it a minute or two and go to sleep.

About 24 hours later I finally get it back to the water and run it hard for about an hour to finish blowing the motor out and hopefully remove all the water from the engine. It skips a little for about 5 minutes and then runs very good the rest of the time. Just wondering if I should be ok or if there's anything else I should do. Thanks.

 

[Coastiejoe]

NEVER use starting fluid as there is no oil getting to the cylinders. You can easily smoke your engine.

Get a spray bottle with some premix in it and use that.

Check your oil and fuel tank for water, could be the miss. Remove the plug wires and clip them back a 1/4 inch.

After a roller it is common for a poor wire connection to happen.

 

[Britrick]

You deliberately rolled it over in the water for 30 mins ???

 

[jcross312]

NEVER use starting fluid as there is no oil getting to the cylinders. You can easily smoke your engine.

Get a spray bottle with some premix in it and use that.

Check your oil and fuel tank for water, could be the miss. Remove the plug wires and clip them back a 1/4 inch.

After a roller it is common for a poor wire connection to happen.

It was actually carb cleaner. I didn't use alot. hopefully it didn't cause any damage. It wanted to crank without it, just never would. Thanks for the tips. I may try clipping the plug wires.

You deliberately rolled it over in the water for 30 mins ???

Yeah, I'm a noob. I tried to say, "don't crank it" about the time my friend sucked the rope into my intake. I did know that much. I didn't want to flip it over, but I really didn't think it would fill up with water. Now I know.

 

[SabrToothSqrl]

next time you suck up a rope. tow the ski into shore, or attempt this in the water.

1. remove lanyard
2. remove spark plugs
3. remove rope by simply pulling and spinning the engine backwards. 2 stroke don't care.

finally, if you do ingest water, the engine must be run for at least 20-30 minutes afterwards, also replace the spark plugs.

 

[CReynoldsMIZ]

Dear lordy...smh

 

[AdamXP800]

This is one for the record books

 

[Coastiejoe]

It was actually carb cleaner.

I hear ya. Bottom line is, ANYTHING being sprayed in the carbs can hurt two strokes unless it contains some oil.

Do not run any cleaner in the fuel tank for example as it dilutes the oil and can cause damage.

 

[bigJake]

Just wondering ... if there's anything else I should do.

Yes, get new friends!

 

[Coastiejoe]

Yes, get new friends!

Hard to argue that logic,,,

 

[Coastiejoe]

Open the electrical boxes. Blow air into them to get rid of residual water.

What I would do is, remove the grounds and hits, sand the ends and where they mount, out it back together with dielectric grease.

Connection issues are one if the largest problems skis have. This is a great opportunity to do preventive maintenance as well as likely fix your minor miss.

 

[jcross312]

Thanks for the help man. I've been trying to get back on here to say thanks, but work has been killer the last few days. I appreciate the info. Hopefully all is well with my new to me jetski. I'm gonna find out soon, got the next four days off and heading to the lake. :thumbsup:

 

[jcross312]

Open the electrical boxes. Blow air into them to get rid of residual water.

What I would do is, remove the grounds and hits, sand the ends and where they mount, out it back together with dielectric grease.

Connection issues are one if the largest problems skis have. This is a great opportunity to do preventive maintenance as well as likely fix your minor miss.

that last post I meant to include this quote. Thanks again

 

[Coastiejoe]

that last post I meant to include this quote. Thanks again

No issues.
I JUST got off the water myself with my daughter and my fiancée.

Hope yours is good to do and you can get out on the water with no further issues.

 

[beavisaur]

I just had my 2000 GTX 951 out yesterday. Forgot to screw in the drain plugs before launching it.
After about an hour of riding around, my buddies and I were just sitting by the dock and I could slowly feel the back end of my ski getting lower and lower. 'lightbulb' crap forgot the drain plugs.
Couldn't figure out the best course of action, panicked, put the drain plugs in and thought if I drove around it would suck the water out but I couldn't even get it to plane and it was bogging real bad, and as soon as I tried to turn around to head back to the dock it almost flipped from all the water sloshing around inside and I just about bailed!
So my friend ran and backed his trailer down the launch and we pulled my ski out. Pulled the drain plugs and it literally drained for about 6-10 minutes. There was sooo much water in it.
But, once it was empty, it fired right up on the trailer so we launched it again and drove our skis around for another few hours.
Before we stopped the first time and the ski started sinking, it was having a hard time getting up on plane and wouldn't jump out of the hole as fast as it normally would. I kept thinking aw crap I have an air leak, or the carbs are dirty or etc etc. thankfully it was nothing too major lol.

 

[Coastiejoe]

490 pounds of water can be hard to get into plane.

Glad you are up and running.