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I'm an arm amputee and the first rib on my good side is torn off T1. I have been dealing with this 3 years, often times in debilitating pain if I pull on something. I had a 3D for ashort while last year and the 4 - 5 times i rode it, turning left, with bars flipped to push throttle and on a kneeling seat, I began to notice it was pushing my rib back in place. I actually noticed because in any other modes it was not as effective. I sold the ski, because I didn't have storage and wanted to be debt free. I didnt really realize how much it was helping at the time. Since then i have dumped tons of money on chiropractors, extra meds, and seemn every specialist imaginable and I am still in the same condition i was in 2019. Recently i rented a new ski to try and rehab myself and the position of everything was so much different than the 3D that it did not help at all. I decided to find another 3D. Took it on the water and it would not go, knocked off and engine light came on. I used to be able to get it to start, but now it won't. I really need to get my rib back in place, so i used every ounce of credit i have and bought another one that was immaculate. I rode it twice doing left turns and put the rib in place and the 2nd time out, i cut real hard and the bow went down deep in the water and i rode out of it. It seemed ok. I took it back out again, 3rd time, i ran easy for awhile, it had missed a few times in the beginning, it seemed to be fine and so i started my left turn therapy. I took some tight left turns, got really wet, but never put the nose in like i did the previous day. I continued to ride around quite a bit with no issues or hesitation or misfiring. It seemed great. However, at times all three days, occasionally i would hear a metal-to-metal scraping sound, similar to that of a worn down brake pads lightly scraping a brake rotor. It was more high pitched and very faint with the rest of the normal riding noise at half throttle. It sounded like it was coming from underneath behind or maybe in front of the gas tank or very close to it. The 3rd day, after being out awhile and riding kinda hard, I rode around, found another cove and ran it full throttle some and a hair away from full a lot, took a lot of turns and went tight and it slowly died on me coming out of the turn. I got it started, but it ran rough, but was able to idle a long way back to the ramp. In sight of the ramp, i decided to give it gas, and it started taking off fine, then slowly lost power and died. The rough idle had mostly cleared up when i decided to give it gas, then after the 2nd restart, it ran very rough like it did after knocking off the first time. It still starts fine, and now it smokes a little. Smoke smells like clean exhaust but its kinda white. I dont think there is water in the engine. There was none in the engine compartment. I'm going to pull the plugs tomorrow just to check it out. The first one i mentioned, that never ran right and now is beeping and wont turn over for a couple minutes, and then it will but won't run, That one seems like a fuel issue. No water in the engine and no fuel mix coming out the plug holes either.
Is the clear oil tube on top of the tank that runs to the bottom of engine supposed to have oil flowing? because I'm not seeing it.
 
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If you filled the engine with water then you need to pull the sparkplugs and ground the plug wires on the provided posts. Then crank the engine over until all the water is out. Then put the plugs back in and get it running. It typically takes a long tome to pump the water out and you will have to keep putting the plugs in and out to clear water off of them.

You will probably have the recharge the battery but do not jump start the ski.

Also if you are in fresh water there really is no reason to run it on the hose unless you are flushing the cooling system and even then for only about a minute. I really don't understand peoples obsession with running them on the hose.
 
If you filled the engine with water then you need to pull the sparkplugs and ground the plug wires on the provided posts. Then crank the engine over until all the water is out. Then put the plugs back in and get it running. It typically takes a long tome to pump the water out and you will have to keep putting the plugs in and out to clear water off of them.

You will probably have the recharge the battery but do not jump start the ski.

Also if you are in fresh water there really is no reason to run it on the hose unless you are flushing the cooling system and even then for only about a minute. I really don't understand peoples obsession with running them on the hose.
Thanks for the reply. I just wanted to run the ski for a bit and see if the problem would clear up. I just assumed the hose would provide sufficient cooling for the entire ski. I screwed up. I forgot what i had been told a few times last year; to not run it more than a few minutes on a water hose. If someone would have given me a reason as to why, i would have remembered.
 
Running on the hose will cool the engine but not the driveshaft which can burn up the seal.

There is really no point to run on the hose other than to flush the cooling system of debris. Running on the hose will not fix or help any running issues.
 
Running on the hose will cool the engine but not the driveshaft which can burn up the seal.

There is really no point to run on the hose other than to flush the cooling system of debris. Running on the hose will not fix or help any running issues.
Thanks for the reply. I realize what I did was wrong. I just need to know some things to look for, do, or a way to drain the rotary valve, if possible with engine in, or anything else to do besides take plugs out and turn it over. Because of all my stress, I can't think straight most days and this is the biggest screw up of anything i have screwed up!
 
There is nothing to drain with the rotary valve.

Pull the sparkplugs, ground the plug wires and crank it over and see if water shoots out of the sparkplug holes.
 
There is nothing to drain with the rotary valve.

Pull the sparkplugs, ground the plug wires and crank it over and see if water shoots out of the sparkplug holes.
Is that the only thing i can do from leaving a water hose on too long also? Thank you for your help. If yall knew me and how meticulous i am about vehicles and such, you would definitely think there is something abnormal going on with me. Thank you for helping and not bashing me, everyone.
 
Yes, the only damage you can do is filling the engine up with water but that is a big one.
 
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