Flushing Connector broken – leaking… 2013 GTI

[jcart]

First off, (as you soon will be able to tell) I am new to the Seadoo/PWC world. Just bought a pair of 2013 GTI 130s a few months ago for my wife and me.

We took the Skis to Panama City Beach this past week. Since this was the first time in salt water, I decided to flush the system. I used the Flushing connector located on the left side next to the drain plug. I used the kit that came with Salt-X ( I think is the name ), that's what my dealer told me to use. First jet ski was done with no issue. The problem came on the second ski. I flushed the system but was not able to get the Salt-X kit unscrewed from the jet ski. I kept trying to unscrew it until I ended up causing the actual built in Flushing Connector to come loose and turn around the hull. I ended up breaking off the Salt-X kit inside the Flushing Connector (yes, I am an idiot – lol)

Now the jet ski is leaking into the hull. I thinking it is because the flushing connector is loose and not sealing around the hull. Any thoughts on how to repair this? I thinking I might have to take it to the dealer, but looking at it – I’m thinking the part might be cheap to replace but the labor to actually change it out could be very expensive… I doubt my warranty will cover this….

Any advice? Or am I the only idiot to do something like this?:banghead:

 

[JMOATL]

Also have a GTI 130. Mine came loose while unscrewing the hose pipe after flushing last summer. Was on vacation at Amelia Island when it happened and took it to Jacksonville Powersports on Atlantic Blvd. Which is where I'm guessing you bought yours from. They spent about an hour on it while I waited, fixed it, and said have a nice day. The hard part is getting to the hardware on the back side (inside the ski hull) of the connector. Technician had to lay down on top of the ski, upside down. perform a couple of contortionist moves, and still could just barely reach it. Do yourself a favor and drop it off with them.