PWCairHEAD
Member
I'm an arm amputee and the first rib on my good side is torn off T1. I have been dealing with this 3 years, often times in debilitating pain if I pull on something. I had a 3D for ashort while last year and the 4 - 5 times i rode it, turning left, with bars flipped to push throttle and on a kneeling seat, I began to notice it was pushing my rib back in place. I actually noticed because in any other modes it was not as effective. I sold the ski, because I didn't have storage and wanted to be debt free. I didnt really realize how much it was helping at the time. Since then i have dumped tons of money on chiropractors, extra meds, and seemn every specialist imaginable and I am still in the same condition i was in 2019. Recently i rented a new ski to try and rehab myself and the position of everything was so much different than the 3D that it did not help at all. I decided to find another 3D. Took it on the water and it would not go, knocked off and engine light came on. I used to be able to get it to start, but now it won't. I really need to get my rib back in place, so i used every ounce of credit i have and bought another one that was immaculate. I rode it twice doing left turns and put the rib in place and the 2nd time out, i cut real hard and the bow went down deep in the water and i rode out of it. It seemed ok. I took it back out again, 3rd time, i ran easy for awhile, it had missed a few times in the beginning, it seemed to be fine and so i started my left turn therapy. I took some tight left turns, got really wet, but never put the nose in like i did the previous day. I continued to ride around quite a bit with no issues or hesitation or misfiring. It seemed great. However, at times all three days, occasionally i would hear a metal-to-metal scraping sound, similar to that of a worn down brake pads lightly scraping a brake rotor. It was more high pitched and very faint with the rest of the normal riding noise at half throttle. It sounded like it was coming from underneath behind or maybe in front of the gas tank or very close to it. The 3rd day, after being out awhile and riding kinda hard, I rode around, found another cove and ran it full throttle some and a hair away from full a lot, took a lot of turns and went tight and it slowly died on me coming out of the turn. I got it started, but it ran rough, but was able to idle a long way back to the ramp. In sight of the ramp, i decided to give it gas, and it started taking off fine, then slowly lost power and died. The rough idle had mostly cleared up when i decided to give it gas, then after the 2nd restart, it ran very rough like it did after knocking off the first time. It still starts fine, and now it smokes a little. Smoke smells like clean exhaust but its kinda white. I dont think there is water in the engine. There was none in the engine compartment. I'm going to pull the plugs tomorrow just to check it out. The first one i mentioned, that never ran right and now is beeping and wont turn over for a couple minutes, and then it will but won't run, That one seems like a fuel issue. No water in the engine and no fuel mix coming out the plug holes either.
Is the clear oil tube on top of the tank that runs to the bottom of engine supposed to have oil flowing? because I'm not seeing it.
Is the clear oil tube on top of the tank that runs to the bottom of engine supposed to have oil flowing? because I'm not seeing it.
Last edited:
