Getting Scared.. Just pulled boat out of storage at brother's house.. WATER!!!!!!!

[miramar2]

Sorry to hear about all the flooded SeaDoo's. Not nice to find your boat submerged at the dock.

However, i do dock my Speedster all summer and i sleep well at night as well.
The reason for my good sleep are tree keywords.

Good maintenance, insurence and additional bilge pump.

Every week-end when i visit my cottage where the boat are located, i always take a look in the engine compartment to check the oil/coolant level. At the same time i check if i can see any leakage or abnormal water level in the bilge.
As it is docked all summer i have also installed an additional bilge pump of good quality. I have used Whale Supersub Smart 650, who fits nicely in the bottom of the bilge on the starboard side of the engine.
The Whale pump has en electronic water sensor that is fool proof.
With my current 70AH battery, the pump can run for approx. 16 hours and pump out 3200 liters before draining the battery, so it should be sufficient.
Hopefully to avoid it to happen, that i get that kind of leakage that cannot be managed by the pumps, i hopefully should have observed an increased leakage earlier on when checking the engine compartment.
At last, i also have a good insurance if the shit should happend.

Greetings from cold and rainy Norway

Br

Tom

 

[MVPeterP]

If the starter was submerged for a week, new or not its probably garbage.

the starter was under too, but it would still turn when i jumped the relay, without any issues. maybe it only lasted those few turns and is now ka-puts.

 

[wreckless]

I would think a submerged starter would rust up and bind up pretty quick without being run right after, but who knows.

 

[MVPeterP]

Sorry to hear about all the flooded SeaDoo's. Not nice to find your boat submerged at the dock.

However, i do dock my Speedster all summer and i sleep well at night as well.
The reason for my good sleep are tree keywords.

Good maintenance, insurence and additional bilge pump.

Every week-end when i visit my cottage where the boat are located, i always take a look in the engine compartment to check the oil/coolant level. At the same time i check if i can see any leakage or abnormal water level in the bilge.
As it is docked all summer i have also installed an additional bilge pump of good quality. I have used Whale Supersub Smart 650, who fits nicely in the bottom of the bilge on the starboard side of the engine.
The Whale pump has en electronic water sensor that is fool proof.
With my current 70AH battery, the pump can run for approx. 16 hours and pump out 3200 liters before draining the battery, so it should be sufficient.
Hopefully to avoid it to happen, that i get that kind of leakage that cannot be managed by the pumps, i hopefully should have observed an increased leakage earlier on when checking the engine compartment.
At last, i also have a good insurance if the shit should happend.

Greetings from cold and rainy Norway

Br

Tom

yeppers. it happened and i sat down with an adjuster today, and i take my boat in for inspection tomorrow.

it went bad. If it get written off (which the mechanic warned me about), at least i will be able to put it towards a new boat next year.

id prefer to have my baby back though then go through all that.

 

[MVPeterP]

I would think a submerged starter would rust up and bind up pretty quick without being run right after, but who knows.

it still turns the engine over with no issues.

i also had an electrician check the starter relay...its all good.

Is there something between the relay and the starter??? I checked all the fuses i could find and they all checked out.

 

[wreckless]

yeppers. it happened and i sat down with an adjuster today, and i take my boat in for inspection tomorrow.

it went bad. If it get written off (which the mechanic warned me about), at least i will be able to put it towards a new boat next year.

id prefer to have my baby back though then go through all that.

You could always buy it back after they cut you a check and fix it yourself. Not sure its going to be worth it though.

 

[MVPeterP]

You could always buy it back after they cut you a check and fix it yourself. Not sure its going to be worth it though.

worst case, i put it towards a bigger one. gonna miss my baby though if it goes that way.