650/X-2 So I was out on Lake Lanier today....

mwoodss

mwoodss

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Buford(Lanier)Georgia
It ran fine all day long then it started to bog down, at that point I took it over to the shore My ski decided to blow off the majority of the cooling lines... also while I was dragging it n I didn't know but it was taking on water the whole time... at one point I think the ski was on the bottom of the lake... awesome end of the season...
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runrider

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The obvious question is... why did it blow off all the cooling lines??!
...and the other question is... why didnt he reconnect them before dragging it back?
I once tried to tow a ski to the ramp that had the exhaust "borrowed" while it was beached. Guess what happened! It filled up so fast that I noticed before anything bad happened.
 
mwoodss

mwoodss

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Buford(Lanier)Georgia
ok so i think i know what happened, the intake tube on the motor cover was pressed against the cooling lines, thus melting them against the head. sorry, my question is whats the best way to get the water outa this motor should i just pull it? lol im gettin tired of being misted by wd/water out the plug holes..
 
Vumad

Vumad

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Flip it up side down. Put your finger over 1 hole and hold the starter 1-2 sec. Alternate hole to hole but do not over abuse your starter. Be careful fuel does not leak out. Go hole to hole until the air coming out of the cylinder is mostly clear.

Flip the ski back over and blow off the plugs with an air hose (you can blow them yourself if you are not at home, air hose is easier). Put a very very short shot of starter fluid in one hole, put that plug in with the wires on (Only 1 hole has a plug and that's the one with the starter fluid, the other is open). Hold throttle half-full and hit start. Switch holes and repeat until the motor runs. The motor will fire off and then die at 1st. Cont this process until the motor will run for 1-2 secs. Do not run the motor for more than 2-3 secs with just the one plug. If you can consitantly get the needing top press the stop button, you are ready to do 2 plugs at once.

Please note that there is no oil in starter fluid. This process will put a lot of wear on your boat. Unfortunately, it's not really this process but the water that is creating the wear. Hoping the motor will dry out in a few days will do far more damage than using starter fluid.

People will tell you this is bad or doesn't work. I became a pro at this 5 years ago at Daytona when my ski ingested water 5 or 6 times. I thought I had the motor dry but would not run. I flipped the ski sideways and no change. I flipped up-side-down and about 1 cup (8 oz) of water that was hiding in the crank dumped out. Flip the boat over and make it run asap.
 
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mwoodss

mwoodss

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Buford(Lanier)Georgia
So I got her back running flipping it over was the key to the process thanks guys I think the lines blew because the impeller might be stopped up or something... which lines are acceptable to through with compressed air or adapt to run a hose? This is my motor

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mwoodss

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Vumad

Vumad

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You need to post another picture a little further away so we can see where all those lines go. Draw us a diagram. Those lines don't looks right to me but it's hard to see. It looks like those lines are together in a way that would let pretty much no water flow...

Make sure you have this...

Your line should come from the pump the the exhaust manifold (water goes through the manifold, then the cylinder, then the head, then exits the head)
The line comes off the head to the bottom fitting on the back of the pipe (goes through the pipe and exits the top fitting on the pipe)
The line then comes off the top of the pipe and goes to the side of a T...

The other side of the T goes to the pisser on the side of the boat
The base of the T goes to the stinger on the end of the pipe (if you want to use a flow restricter, put it here before the stinger)

Edit: you have 2 lines coming off the head. 1 line should do as I said. The second line goes to a second pisser on the side of the boat. So you would have 2 pissers on the side of the boat.
Edit: It also looks like u have 2 lines going to your exhaust manifold. The line from the pump should go the the base of a T, and then the 2 sides should go 2 the 2 fittings on the exhaust manifold.
 
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Vumad

Vumad

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Location
St. Pete, FL
It looks like you have true dual cooling set up. You have...

line 1 from the pump to a T, both lines from the T go the the exhaust manifold, they exit the head and go to a T, then that T goes to a pisser.

Line 2 from the pump goes to the back of the exhaust, exits the front of the exhaust to a T, then 1 line goes to the pisser and the other line to the stinger.


If this is how you have it set up, then you have sufficient cooling. Perhaps more than you need if you don't have any restrictors. Too much cooling can cause a cold seize, which wouldn't blow off your lines.
 
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runrider

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Check the connections of your lines to the bulkhead. Did it sink when it was running or not running?
Also, never ever ever ever ever let water sit in your motor. Get it out IMMEDIATELY even if you have to disasemble the motor to do it (should not be necessary). If a crank bearing sits in water it will rust, and if it rusts, your pistons will have too much play, and eventually blow up. You will ruin the entire engine from crank to head. You could also loosen your blockoff plate to let water out of the crankshaft.

My method of removing water from the engine is similar. I install one plug at a time hand tight, crank til it fires, remove, blow, replace, repeat. Takes about a half hour. Once it runs on both cylinders, ride it like you stole it for a half hour.

If you still havnt done this, do it NOW.
 
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