RXT 260 2011 Leaking Water from seat??

[jtw]

I have just picked up this Seadoo with 60 hours on it. Goes great on the water but when I take it out of the water there is water on the plastic cover on the engine from the weep holes in the seat. Further down the engine there is salt crystalised on the hot parts of the engine. Is this normal?? It takes quite a lot of flushing with the hose to remove all of the salt. Water then lays in the pockets of the bilge regardless of how high I tilt the machine on the trailer.

Seems like a few design faults to me, I have attached some pix of the salt build up. Has any one else had this issue?

 

[idoodou]

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[idoodou]

you have a leak, and it is spraying on to the underneath part of the seat, back it to the water with both front and rear tie down on tight , run it with seat off and look for leak , your pix are a classic sign of this

 

[jtw]

you have a leak, and it is spraying on to the underneath part of the seat, back it to the water with both front and rear tie down on tight , run it with seat off and look for leak , your pix are a classic sign of this

Thanks for the quick response. Happy to do this on my next run.

Last time I was out I checked under the seat after running on flat water and all was good. Then I went out over a pretty big wave section, a lot of spray and ended up drenched. I then took it back to the ramp. Looked under the seat again and the salt build up had appeared and I can see water coming from small holes in the plastic mould from under the seat.

 

[amedina8]

The issue is a known one. The seat foam absorbs water and leaks it on the engine. I solved the issue by having my seat cover removed and wrapping the foam in Plastic and putting the seat cover back on.

 

[jtw]

It is good to hear that I am not the only one. I would have thought that seadoo would have come up with something themselves?? Can you explain a bit more in terms of what type of plastic you used and how you applied it?

 

[smc0922]

I can't help you much here, I have an aS model so my seat is different.

 

[amedina8]

Just take it to an upholstery shop and tell them to wrap the foam in plastic.