Flooded my engine compartment....HELP

[s.yous]

Hey Guys


I took my 1995 Seadoo SP to the lake today and as soon as I got on, it started sinking. I realized that the plug in the back was out and the engine got flooded.

I immediately pulled out the seadoo and emptied the engine compartment as soon as I could. I removed the spark plugs and cranked a few times to get the water out. After 10 minutes of tries, I finally got it running. It doesn't turn on the first crank though.

Is there anything else I should do before running it? I don't want to screw up my engine.

I'm thinking of leaving it under the sun all day today while the plugs are out. And maybe spray a bit of WD40 everywhere.

What do you guys suggest?

Thanks

Simon

 

[Dr Honda]

You need to run it long enough to purge the water from inside the engine. (a short ride will do it)

If it was fresh water... just leave the seat off, and let it dry out. If it was salt... then yes... you need something to protect the engine parts.


If there is still water in the engine... the get it started, and some fogging oil in it before you rust the engine internals.

 

[SurfBeat]

Hey dummy, so ya' forgot to check yer' drain plug before depositing your Doo in da' water, huh? Man. that has got to be the dumbest story I've ever heard.

Now with your story I feel vindicated that I'm not the #1 DA on this Forum to do the same thing!

Way back in 2005 I was soooo excited to get to the River and ride my Doo, as I've always done since 1993, I didn't check to ascertain whether the drain plug was in place. In fact, why should I? I've rarely taken it out!

Into the water less than a minute after I started it, my Doo stops, so as I float try to re-start it I hear the wife yelling at me, "hey, Joey, your Doo is sinking."

At that time, being dumb as any congressman or senator elected in the past forty years,, I didn't know what was happening until I docked my Doo and observed where the water was exiting from.

Once all the water was out I thought, ha, it would crank over, but it didn't: all I heard was a "thud." I thought, probably water effected the battery or starter, so I left it on the trailer and took off with the wife.

At that time I never heard of the word "hydrolock" or knew that water could enter the engine through the carbs when the engine compartment floods.

I didn't know that I could break the rods by cranking over a hydrolocked engine. Yep, # 1 DA was I.

In my case, my Doo sat idle for at least a couple of weeks, maybe as long as a month before a client came by and showed me what happened. To my surprise, after the plugs were yanked and the starter initiated, gallons of water comes sprouting through the plug portholes.

After what I recall hours of cranking it over, finally it starts.

The next week we are off to the River and it runs like new.

In my case, I know the water did not damage the bearings on my crankshaft because when I replaced the CS last month, there was no evidence of rust, so, water sitting in the engine for almost a month did not have an inauspicious effect on my engine. Maybe I was lucky!

Thanks for sharing your story. I feel great knowing that I'm not the only dummy on this Forum.

PMS: Do follow Dr. H's advice because unlike me, he is no dummy: he knows what he talks about.

 

[s.yous]

LOL

Well I am very new with seadoos and I'm in the self learn process. Never had anybody teach me or give me instructions on anytihng. The only bit of information I get is through here.

So its ok for me to be a dummy.

 

[SurfBeat]

Yeah, I was in the same boat several years ago; I knew how to start it but since I never had a problem, it never went to a shop. Then, when problems began, starting and the dealer wanted several hundred bucks in labour to replace a starter, I said, dummy, it can't be that difficult.

Armed with my swearing dictionary from high school, I achieved the task successfully. The next starter change was a jiff.

The last two months I replaced the crankshaft, cleaned the carbs and am hoping to get both GTX's running today.

I found an oil leak when I cranked the engine, so, sure as heck, it will be difficult to get to, so since I know how to quickly pull the engine from the hull, I think I will do that.

I have second thoughts about how I aligned my Rotary Valve, so, I can kill two birds with one stone in about two hours.

 

[hypersniper2010]

wow i must really be the D.A. of the day. not only did i forget the hull plug once but i did it twice in 1 day.. i get the darwin award for that one. noticed it right away so no damage at all , just to my male ego thats all.