wakecanada
I love jetski
- Location
- whitby ontario
not alot but def get some in both cylinders and turn it over by hand a few times(with out plugs in)
Super Jet Am I F*%^ed?
- Thread starter Salty Scott
- Start date
Joker
...chaos? Its Fair!
- Location
- La Porte, Indiana
If you have a crankcase drain I would just put enough in there to fill the cases and in the morning before you go ride just pull the drain and drain it.
Just run it hard early in the a.m. You're fine if you got it running. Serious business-heat it up tomorrow in the river. Atleast 30 minutes. More if you have time. Engines don't get to full operating temp (hot enough to cook water out of bearings) without a load on the pump. Learned that the hard way.
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Had a bad motor in the shop .. about 16 oz fills to the top of the bearings. I would do no more than 8 oz mixed 50 /50 . and rotate several times by hand . Make sure you flip it over and drain it before you start it at the water to avoid a fire / backfire or crazy big fine for a fuel spill . 16 oz's makes quit a rainbow .Take some extra plugs , you may run a little rich the first few min and foul a set .
- Location
- Melbourne Beach
thank you all for the advice...i am not able to run it this morning and that is killing me. i woke up at 6 to take it out and it wouldnt start so after a couple hours and some tinkering i got it to start...i can only hook it up to the hose today unless i can get someone to cover my night shift, but i have heard running it too long on the hose isnt good for it either. How long is too long?
- Location
- Melbourne Beach
ye it was saltwater..i have a day and night shift today so ill see if i can get someone to pick up my night so i can take it out today...otherwise ill have to wait until early tomorrow morning
Joker
...chaos? Its Fair!
- Location
- La Porte, Indiana
Ya it really should have a load on the pump. So take it to the lake and ride it like you stole it
- Location
- Melbourne Beach
i understand i need to ride it like my ex but i cant i have to work...i will ride it as soon as i can trust me
It will be too late tomorrow morning. It already may be damaged. Anything more than a few hours in saltwater has real potential to permanently damage the crank bearings and wrist pin bearings.
Edit: It won't fail right away. But this waiting around is reducing the life of the motor significantly
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Better try and pick up some extra shifts then, b/c you'll be doing a full rebuild soon.
- Location
- New Jersey
i remember seeing a pretty detailed step by step of what to do if you flood your engine, maybe it should be stickied cause this question has come up a bunch, especially recently. someone earlier said that the water will also bend some reeds. shouldn't you just pull the pulse line, and then you get water coming out the pulse nipple and plug holes.
It's pretty simple. Turn the ski upside down as much as you can (you can do this even by yourself). Let as much water as possible drain out before hitting that start button.
I find the best way is to stand the ski on its nose, then lower it to almost horizontal, upside down. Obviously, you want two or more people for this.
Crank until most water is out.
Set the ski back down. If you think there may be water in the tank, there are extra steps (see end of the post)
Clean the plugs, pour just a little bit of premix into the plug holes and install plugs.
Rock the ski slightly on it's side so that the exhaust sits lower.
Now start it. Should start within a couple of cranks if you did everything right. Get on the throttle and blow it out.
If your tank has water in it:
Let the ski sit for about a half hour.
Disconnect the fuel line reaching furthest to the bottom of the tank from the/a carb(s). On a stock setup, that'd be the reserve line. (and you'd disconnect it at the reserve switch) On dual feed line setups, just use one of the two lines.
Hold that line overboard and blow into the tank vent valve. You want to pressurize the tank. This will force whatever is at the bottom of the tank to come out the disconnected line. Watch what comes out. It's pretty easy to tell if you're getting water. Stop when the water stops.
Done.
I find the best way is to stand the ski on its nose, then lower it to almost horizontal, upside down. Obviously, you want two or more people for this.
Crank until most water is out.
Set the ski back down. If you think there may be water in the tank, there are extra steps (see end of the post)
Clean the plugs, pour just a little bit of premix into the plug holes and install plugs.
Rock the ski slightly on it's side so that the exhaust sits lower.
Now start it. Should start within a couple of cranks if you did everything right. Get on the throttle and blow it out.
If your tank has water in it:
Let the ski sit for about a half hour.
Disconnect the fuel line reaching furthest to the bottom of the tank from the/a carb(s). On a stock setup, that'd be the reserve line. (and you'd disconnect it at the reserve switch) On dual feed line setups, just use one of the two lines.
Hold that line overboard and blow into the tank vent valve. You want to pressurize the tank. This will force whatever is at the bottom of the tank to come out the disconnected line. Watch what comes out. It's pretty easy to tell if you're getting water. Stop when the water stops.
Done.
When my ski sunk, it was at night an didn't have the daylight to get it running. So I opened a few quarts of oil, opened the butterflies of the carbs an filled it up. Next day pulled the motor, ex manifold, an intake to flush it out with pre-mix. After doing this a few times, I knew my ski wasn't going back together til my pfp showed so I filled it right back up with fresh oil, tri-flowed the shiot outta the cylinders. Turn it over by hand every day, an it's still sitting on my garage floor like this.
I put this up in a sticky'd tech faq thread.
http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/111656-So-you-sunk-your-ski
http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/111656-So-you-sunk-your-ski
rasper99
Freighter wake hunter
- Location
- Portland, OR
I've seen Matt do this procedure. I've also seen many skis sunk and flooded. This method is the fastest I have ever seem a ski running after sinking. It was running in under 10 minutes.
rasper99
Freighter wake hunter
- Location
- Portland, OR
The screaming was over by then. :smile:
- Location
- Lake St. Clair (MI)
I pull the plugs crank till all the water is gone spray with starting fluid and away you go. All done in about 3 minutes. I was on the water one day and got water in my sxr I had to lay the plugs on the pipe to dry them. I was about a half hour from home, I didn't think it was going to work but it started right up after all the water was out.
emachines
SCUBA STEVE
- Location
- binghamton, ny
DO NOT USE STARTER FLUID ! stater fluid will break down,
and dry up the oil in the engine, and that is the last thing you want in this siuation! Get it running, run your premix rich, and ride it for as long as you possibly can....Unfortunately I'm afraid you may be too late considering it was sank in salt water.
and dry up the oil in the engine, and that is the last thing you want in this siuation! Get it running, run your premix rich, and ride it for as long as you possibly can....Unfortunately I'm afraid you may be too late considering it was sank in salt water.