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Emn1022

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Hello! So I'm new to Sea Doo issues.. because I've never had one until recently. I've owned Kawasaki's and have had a pleathor of problems, but my Sea-Doo has been ol' reliable.

Recently I rolled my Sea-Doo due to a huge wave, and it took me a min to get it rolled back over. I attempted to turn it back on after I got back on and it wouldn't start. Ended up getting it out of the water, and there was a lot of water in the hull. After draining all the water, I tried to turn it over and it gave some soft toots with a restart of the electric board shortly after. I've taken it to my garage, and I've tried turning it over by jumping the solenoid and the starter tries to turn over. Is there another solenoid under the engine that might need to be replaced?
It's currently giving a constant beeping noisd
 
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If there is water inside the engine you will not be able to turn it over without removing the sparkplugs as you can't compress a liquid.

If there is water in it you need to get it out and running asap before the internal parts rust.
 
Is the ski an RFI or 951? If an RFI did you have water in the rear electrical box? That is where the solenoid is located? I've seen them fill completely up if not sealed properly.

I'm with Miki.... very likely have water in the engine and it ain't gonna run with that. When you remove the plugs you'll be spinning the engine over a good bit. Don't overheat the starter. Let is rest after you've spun it a good bit. 7 seconds bursts. Let the starter cool for a minute. I've had to recharge batteries the get the ski back running so don't be discouraged. Good Luck !
 
Don't keep trying to start it untill you take plugs out and see if water in cyl.it sounds hydro locked and if you keep trying you are gonna melt the starter brushes or throw the crank out of phase trying to get it to turn over.if you had alot of water in hull start opening boxes with wires going into them and start drying them out ASAP.
 
If there is water inside the engine you will not be able to turn it over without removing the sparkplugs as you can't compress a liquid.

If there is water in it you need to get it out and running asap before the internal parts rust.
Absolutely! It only takes a couple days to rust a crankshaft and ALL the bearings solid. It happened to my buddy. I helped him get most of the water out and he couldn't get it running right away so I told him to fill it with oil. Anything to prevent it from rust. He waited a week to do it.
IT WAS LOCKED SOLID! EVERYTHING INTERNAL IS JUNK!
 
As above!! Plugs out, spray in lots of WD40
Let it sit for 15 mins, then crank.
If it’s jammed, don’t try using the starter as you will risk burning/damaging you starter.
I would suggest free it up firstly by turning the flywheel manually by hand. As it breaks up any rust buildup it will get easier and then hit the start button, keep feeding it WD40 through the spark plug holes
 
As above!! Plugs out, spray in lots of WD40
Let it sit for 15 mins, then crank.
If it’s jammed, don’t try using the starter as you will risk burning/damaging you starter.
I would suggest free it up firstly by turning the flywheel manually by hand. As it breaks up any rust buildup it will get easier and then hit the start button, keep feeding it WD40 through the spark plug holes
If it is rusted there is no point in dong that as even if you get it free it is trashed and has to come apart anyways.
 
Cmon bud, got to have hope
Hope, absolutely.

The problem is if there is rust on the bearings, it acts like sandpaper and they will come apart catastrophically. Once you have rust on a bearing there is no saving it.
 
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