Last week I took my 97GTX for a run after an extended layover. It has a total time of 80hrs and has been winterized and looked after as per the manual. About 15mins into the ride I noticed the note of the engine changed a little and shortly after the ski felt "loaded up".. I headed back to the ramp and it had obviously taken on a LOT of water.. When I removed the seat i was stunned to see the hull was full ofwater (over the top of the battery)..
I couldn't see any obvious leaks/ pipes off etc so got home and rinsed it all out and gave it a run through, which was when I noticed that one of the 4 casting points on the Head Pipe assembly(underside) had blown out and the water was running directly over the engine and into the hull.. Has anyone else had a problem with this and i'm assuming this must take the place of a welsh type plug etc.. is this the case, or is my situation a one off?? I've seen this in a large marine diesel but not on one of these..
I couldn't see any obvious leaks/ pipes off etc so got home and rinsed it all out and gave it a run through, which was when I noticed that one of the 4 casting points on the Head Pipe assembly(underside) had blown out and the water was running directly over the engine and into the hull.. Has anyone else had a problem with this and i'm assuming this must take the place of a welsh type plug etc.. is this the case, or is my situation a one off?? I've seen this in a large marine diesel but not on one of these..
