How much is too much?

[suphawk]

Hello everyone,

I have a 2002 RX DI , never rolled it myself, but yesterday a friend rolled it and it landed upside down, we followed the instructions for rolling it back over the correct direction and there was about 6+ inches of water under the seat in the engine compartment.

So how much is too much water in the engine compartment? Is it ok to run it with water in there? It's usally dry in there when I've looked before.

Thanks,
Sup

 

[XPSLED97]

Personally any water in the hull is too much. Your bilge pumps shouldve pushed that water out. If not, you can put it back on the trailer and pull the plugs. JUST MAKE SURE TO PUT THE PLUGS BACK IN BEFORE YOU RIDE AGAIN. Some people beach the ski and pull the plugs. Our lakes have too many rocks on shore to do that so I dont. You dont want water near the flame arrestors/carbs.

 

[suphawk]

The roll over happened close enough to shore that I instructed the rider not to start it, after rolling it upright. What a sight, to see it upsidedown like that!

After a browse through the owners manual I see there are 2 vacuum bailer pick-ups in the bottom of the hull/engine area. If this happens again I might try to ride it awhile to see if these bailer units will drain the water out and allow us to keep having fun. The boat ramp was a long ride away so we towed it behind the boat. Then I only ran it long enough to get it on the trailer. It seemed to run fine, but without knowing the affect of running with water in the engine area I was as cautious as possible.

Edit: I don't have a bilge pump that I can see. Also I ran it for about 30-60 seconds right after while the seat was off, I saw the water circulating in the engine area but nothing really pumping out.

 

[LouDoo]

You might want to consider adding a bilge pump. I installed a "Rule" PWC bilge pump, it automatically checks for water about every 30 secs. I do leave my SeaDoo(s) in the water for sometimes a week at a time, pretty cheap insurance. There used to be a lot of water in the hull when I pulled her out, now there's practically none.

Maybe its just me but I never thought much of the bailer units, however I did leave them installed.

Lou