Hello!! and Help!! :)

[Goldcoaster]

Hi all!

Newbie here on the forum. Want to say thank you for a wonderful
Place for information and assistance as I have already learnt lots from
Your site and members

Also a newbie with PWCs.

I just purchased/took out for a test drive of sorts; a 2012 Seadoo
Gtr 215.

Worked fine for an hour or so.... First noticed when taking it
Back out of the beach one time that when it went into forward mode
That it would rev but only travel at about 5 or so knots in normal
Or sports mode. Took it to shore and back out then it was fine after restart.

Mate took it out then had the same problem. This tithough it was beeping constantly and saying exhaust system overheat. Brought it to shore and was some smoke coming when we opened the seat. Left it 30 minutes and the beeping and warning stopped but still had the origiknal problem and had to putt back to the ramp.

Any ideas please guys? Really would appreciate any help!!

Thank you so much!!

 

[Goldcoaster]

Blocked intake from sand perhaps or? Any ideas please?
If answering with a possible issue- please try and add how big a problem
Or how hard to fix it may be if possible. Thanks so much again!

 

[Coastiejoe]

It sounds to me that you sucked debris into the impeller area. And it only takes a twig to get cavitation. Take a very good look in the intake area. You must have three feet if water under the ski before you start it, if not, it can suck rocks and other items in.


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[red2blue]

No way...first time user beaches a ski then notices cavitation and exhaust temp warning.

.....sigh.

Can't imagine what else might be wrong.

 

[Sea Dood]

Just a little more explanation:

Your model ski uses regular automotive coolant for the engine, with the ride plate acting as a heat exchanger. However, it uses sea water to cool the intercooler and the exhaust system. It uses the pressure from the jet pump to supply the water to the intercooler and exhaust. Given your description, you probably have something sucked up into the impeller area, so it cannot move the ski and cannot pressurize the intercooler/exhaust system, so the ski won't move right, and the exhaust overheats.

As the others have said, never start the ski in shallow water. If you have sucked up sand and blown it into the coolant system, then you need to clean it out before running again. You may want to invest in a strainer system to put inline the coolant supply hose if you keep doing what you are doing.