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That's the base gasket. Probably time to do a top end rebuild while you're in there. I had a customers engine do the same thing. His was an sbt that they over loaded with sealant.
 
I know there shouldn't be water in there to begin with. Any ideas to why I have water there? Also seems to be coming from where the exhaust manifold mounts to the jug.
 
There is water there since the seadoo cylinder water jacket is open all the way down to the cases.
You need to determine if it is the exhaust gasket or the base gasket before you go to all the trouble of removing the cylinders.
 
Not saying it is the source. Earlier this summer I had a water in the hull problem with my 97 gtx 787. Part of it might have been due to the carbon seal, but I was seeing water sweat through the exhaust gasket that is between the outlet of the manifold and the first half of the pipe. I only found it at higher rpm's running it on the trailer, it did not leak below 5000ish rpms. The idea being the leak might not show up until pressures and rpms are higher.
 
Carbon seal is fine. I thought that's what it was so I drove it with the seat off and found water spewing out at this location.
 
Bad news is you have a leak, or two. As long as the pistons and cylinders are good then all you should have to do is replace gaskets which is a good thing, not super difficult, but a little time consuming.

As stated above, if the machine is worth it, this is a good time for a top end rebuild. If compression numbers are good though and things look smooth just doing gaskets is a common thing.
 
Things might still be okay.

If it was my machine I would start it and fog the motor to get some oil in the crank area incase any water got in there, this will also coat the cylinder walls with some oil. You still have water in with the oil however, how much? Who knows.

Your biggest problem right now is preventing any potential rust damage while you address the real problem. You can't start the motor and cook the moisture without burning the motor up and running it on the hose is not an option.

Going this far might be good enough.

I wouldn't stop until I had the cylinders off, dry and confirmed if the crank didn't have water drops on any bearings.

Time is important in this scenario, don't put off doing the work for a couple days or you might have more of a repair bill.

At least get that motor fogged asap.
 
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Just spin it so the pump is out of the water and fog it with it running. Just make sure you aren't pumping any water while you do it.

Turning it by hand will not work the oil through the motor.
 
Ok so I'm finally back at home with the ski. I know I shouldn't of ran it but I had to. No other way to get it to the marina. When I put it on trailer and pulled the plugs i was expecting water in cylinders but there wasnt. It actually ran well going back to marina also. Question for u guys is.. is it possible for base gasket to blow out and not have water going into cylinders and can I buy a oem gasket kit with exhaust gasket and base gasket in it?
 
I like the WSM gasket kits much better than SBT. You can get them here from PWC Muscle.
 
That’s good but from the rust marks there has been moisture in there at some point. Always fog when storing.
 
I was shocked when I saw that rust. I fog after every weekend of riding. I only get to ride about 3 weekends of the year and fog the piss out of it when I'm done. U think that's could of rusted from sitting for 4 days with a little water in it? Cause I know the base gasket is leaking water into the hull and that makes me think its probably leaking into motor also. It rode really good going back to marina which makes me think it cant be leaking a lot of water into motor. U guys know alot more than me about these things but from the amount of water I'm spewing into hull I dont think that much could be going into the motor and still run strong.
 
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