KefirSeaDoo
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Understood Michael. I may go ahead and do that since I mustered enough courage to extract the intercooler myself.
Enough of these ripoff mechanics & Stealerships..... swapping intercoolers, changing oil & filters, changing sparkplugs and a host of other simple things can be performed by any amateur, like myself. I finally had that revelation this weekend after getting pissed and pulling out the intercooler myself.
So I ran a pressure test on the intercooler, after having extracted it and with 10 PSI of pressure it was surely leaking. The leaking was occurring where the inlet and outlet are. My chief concern was whether I would have enough clearance to pull out the intercooler, without having to move the fuel tank out of the way. At least the engineers had some type of forethought there and left enough clearance to extract the intercooler without too much fuss.
I will continue shopping for some used intercoolers now that I have a pressure tester and the defective intercooler out of the watercraft. Meanwhile though, a new one is on order and set to be received on Thursday of next week; whichever comes first, I reckon.
**** 2 important things I need answers to please ****
#1 - As I was working on the watercraft, I dropped a part down into the hull. I reached down into the hull to retrieve the part and although I recovered it, I also located a very thin rubber hose that was just hanging around in the hull below the engine not connected to anything on one end. I followed the hose to the other end and although I was unable to tell where it was originating from, it looked as if it was in and around the fuel tank. Anyone have any idea what this hose is for? And why is it just hanging at the bottom of the hull unconnected to anything?
I have pulled the hose up from underneath the engine and made a short video of it, so please take a look.
#2- My mechanic mentioned to me that he dismounted the engine and used the cherry-picker to lift it out. But, as I was reaching below the engine with my bare hand I noticed a shit-load of engine oil caked onto the fiberglass Hull beneath the engine. I have reason to believe that he never took the engine out and instead loosend the engine in the hull, enough so that he was able to unscrew the oil pressure regulator plug and swap out the parts, all the while making a mess since the engine oil must have been seeping out into the hull. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Would there be any reason for engine oil to sit at the bottom of the hull, in the event of an intercooler failure and saltwater contamination?
[video=youtube;6_elE_XIN40]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_elE_XIN40[/video]
Enough of these ripoff mechanics & Stealerships..... swapping intercoolers, changing oil & filters, changing sparkplugs and a host of other simple things can be performed by any amateur, like myself. I finally had that revelation this weekend after getting pissed and pulling out the intercooler myself.
So I ran a pressure test on the intercooler, after having extracted it and with 10 PSI of pressure it was surely leaking. The leaking was occurring where the inlet and outlet are. My chief concern was whether I would have enough clearance to pull out the intercooler, without having to move the fuel tank out of the way. At least the engineers had some type of forethought there and left enough clearance to extract the intercooler without too much fuss.
I will continue shopping for some used intercoolers now that I have a pressure tester and the defective intercooler out of the watercraft. Meanwhile though, a new one is on order and set to be received on Thursday of next week; whichever comes first, I reckon.
**** 2 important things I need answers to please ****
#1 - As I was working on the watercraft, I dropped a part down into the hull. I reached down into the hull to retrieve the part and although I recovered it, I also located a very thin rubber hose that was just hanging around in the hull below the engine not connected to anything on one end. I followed the hose to the other end and although I was unable to tell where it was originating from, it looked as if it was in and around the fuel tank. Anyone have any idea what this hose is for? And why is it just hanging at the bottom of the hull unconnected to anything?
I have pulled the hose up from underneath the engine and made a short video of it, so please take a look.
#2- My mechanic mentioned to me that he dismounted the engine and used the cherry-picker to lift it out. But, as I was reaching below the engine with my bare hand I noticed a shit-load of engine oil caked onto the fiberglass Hull beneath the engine. I have reason to believe that he never took the engine out and instead loosend the engine in the hull, enough so that he was able to unscrew the oil pressure regulator plug and swap out the parts, all the while making a mess since the engine oil must have been seeping out into the hull. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Would there be any reason for engine oil to sit at the bottom of the hull, in the event of an intercooler failure and saltwater contamination?
[video=youtube;6_elE_XIN40]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_elE_XIN40[/video]
