- Location
- near beautiful bobcaygeon
My SJ4 is taking on water. If i ride it for about 20 mins it can have as much as 3 inches depth in engine compartment, so we are talking about many liters in just that time.
I secured it to a jet ski lift and let it sit for half an hour or so, and there was barely any water at the low point near where the siphon pump pickup is. Then i ran it for about 5 mins or so and it did seem like a little bit of water was accumulating but not much, but even though it was lashed to the lift i was not able to run at higher throttle the same as when riding hard - the lift and ski was just moving all around.
It seems the water is coming in when riding and the more aggressive the riding the faster it come in. In off season changed to a solas impeller. There was no problems at the end of last season but this has been a problem since the impeller change, and so it seems too much of a coincidence that this is not somehow related.
The siphon hose is connected to the reduction nozzle but if any is siphoning out I guess it just cannot keep up.
It does not seem like it could be anything to do with the pump, but i am wondering if perhaps it is something to do with the mid-shaft; do you think i could have screwed something up with this changing the impeller? One time when the pump was off and the shaft was just sticking out through the transom, i did run the engine for about 15 seconds then thought better of this and shut it off. Is it ok to do so, or could a bearing or seal have been damaged by this?
Any thoughts on what it could be and what I should do?
I do not have any of the tools for pulling any bearings or anything so i am wondering about taking it to the dealer where i bought it.
I secured it to a jet ski lift and let it sit for half an hour or so, and there was barely any water at the low point near where the siphon pump pickup is. Then i ran it for about 5 mins or so and it did seem like a little bit of water was accumulating but not much, but even though it was lashed to the lift i was not able to run at higher throttle the same as when riding hard - the lift and ski was just moving all around.
It seems the water is coming in when riding and the more aggressive the riding the faster it come in. In off season changed to a solas impeller. There was no problems at the end of last season but this has been a problem since the impeller change, and so it seems too much of a coincidence that this is not somehow related.
The siphon hose is connected to the reduction nozzle but if any is siphoning out I guess it just cannot keep up.
It does not seem like it could be anything to do with the pump, but i am wondering if perhaps it is something to do with the mid-shaft; do you think i could have screwed something up with this changing the impeller? One time when the pump was off and the shaft was just sticking out through the transom, i did run the engine for about 15 seconds then thought better of this and shut it off. Is it ok to do so, or could a bearing or seal have been damaged by this?
Any thoughts on what it could be and what I should do?
I do not have any of the tools for pulling any bearings or anything so i am wondering about taking it to the dealer where i bought it.