nateccnn
Active Member
2007 RXP Supercharged. I have two identical skis.
This weekend when I pulled my ski out of the water, loaded onto the trailer, I opened the two plugs in the rear and one of the skis had quite a bit of water (over a gallon) and it was warm water. The other ski had zero water come out.
Neither ski has ever taken on water before this. Both skis stayed in the water for 2 days, tied off to my runabout ski boat in the evening. The boat was mored off-shore about 20 feet. Neither ski had any collision or incident but both were ridden hard all weekend.
Most logical place to look for the leak to me is the carbon seal. But does the fact that the water was warm make it exhaust or cooling related? The engine sits low in the hull so I'm thinking maybe that is what warmed the water.
I suppose the best way not find the leak is trailer it back to the lake and launch the ski into the water. I did try hooking the hose to the flush port and run the engine for a few minutes. Nothing leaked. I noticed though that the ski that had water in the hull also had a a lot of moisture on top of the engine in the front and rear. Makes me think it was either spraying water or it got sloshed around quite a bit. The area around the intercooler looked dry though and the hoses looked and felt to be sealed tight. But I did not perform a pressure test on it.
This weekend when I pulled my ski out of the water, loaded onto the trailer, I opened the two plugs in the rear and one of the skis had quite a bit of water (over a gallon) and it was warm water. The other ski had zero water come out.
Neither ski has ever taken on water before this. Both skis stayed in the water for 2 days, tied off to my runabout ski boat in the evening. The boat was mored off-shore about 20 feet. Neither ski had any collision or incident but both were ridden hard all weekend.
Most logical place to look for the leak to me is the carbon seal. But does the fact that the water was warm make it exhaust or cooling related? The engine sits low in the hull so I'm thinking maybe that is what warmed the water.
I suppose the best way not find the leak is trailer it back to the lake and launch the ski into the water. I did try hooking the hose to the flush port and run the engine for a few minutes. Nothing leaked. I noticed though that the ski that had water in the hull also had a a lot of moisture on top of the engine in the front and rear. Makes me think it was either spraying water or it got sloshed around quite a bit. The area around the intercooler looked dry though and the hoses looked and felt to be sealed tight. But I did not perform a pressure test on it.
