My 2002 GTX RFI fills up with water when ever I drive it I don't know what to do now

[laxexquis]

Ok well I bought this Sea Doo in 02 new and I have had absolutly no problems with it until this year.

When ever you drive it it fills up with water, the more you drive the more it fills up.

First I was worried there was a crack in the hull, but then I realized I was thinking nonesense considering I have always used in Lake George (fresh water) and it only has 59 hours.

So I then realized that when you leave it sitting it does not fill up with water, only when the engine is on. So I figured that a coolant line or somme must have broken. I then emptied out all the water with a wet/dry vac and turned the Sea Doo on in neutral while tied to the dock, I looked around and felt around for leaks and I found a bad leak under the exhaust hose, the hose had bursted, could this be becuase of a bad winterization keeping in mind it sitts out side in 0 degree weather?

But anyway I bought the correct hose, replaced the bad one, tighted it up and took it for a ride. Well it still filled up with water :rant: So i again emptied out the water, tied it up and turned it on, I just could not find any leak, could there be a leak in hoses under the engine, or could there be a crack in the engine itself, I have been pondering this stuff all week! Could someone tell me a good place to look, and is this normal because I can't figure out why this would happen with a Sea DOo with 59 hours while there are some with 500 hours still running.

Please Help,

Thanks very much,
John

 

[Dennis]

water leak

My advice is for you to ride the ski with the seat removed so you can locate the area of the leak. Remove the PTO cover( gray plastic cover at the rear of the engine held on by plastic wing nuts) so you can see the drive shaft seal. This is a common place that ski's take on water.
GOOD LUCK, DAWG

 

[seadoosnipe]

..........I agree, somewhat.

:agree: with DAWG somewhat. Riding around with the seat off will let you take peaks into the engine compartment to see if there is an obvious leak somewhere. You can sit on a piece of 2X4 or something.

But before I go to all that trouble, I think I would get a small mirror and flashlight and look up at the motor from the bottom up.

On the 787, the water comes in from the jet pump on the left rear side of the head. Then, it crosses over to the tuned pipe, where it travels up toward the exhaust manifold in a circular path, being preheated along the way. Then, it goes into the engine, just above the air induction.........

Use the mirro to look under the exhaust manifold and tuned pipe.

I hope you can find it....water leaks can be a pain in the as*:cheers:

 

[laxexquis]

thanks

Thanks for the help, as I mentioned before in my original post I did find a bursted hose in the exhaust line which I replaced and it is still doing it.

Is this common, because my Sea Doo only has 59 hours and I just can't figure out why this happened.

Would you say that it is most likely in the exhaust line somewhere?

Do you guys get your Sea Doos serviced yearly or get them service at all? I winterize mine every year, but the whole six years I've owned it I have not had it serviced, it also used to be able to hit 55 and it only hits about 45, could this have something to do with the water leaks, or is it something else like the 6 year old spark plugs?

Lastly, wouldn't tying up the Sea Doo to a dock in neutral with the seat off and maybe rev it once and a while be equivalent with riding with the seat off because thats what I've been trying?

My jet ski is at a my lake house four hours away so I'll be sure to check all this stuff this week end.

I'm getting ready to just sell this jet considering I just bought a new RXT-X, I lov it!:hurray:
Thanks,
John

 

[laxexquis]

:agree: with DAWG somewhat. Riding around with the seat off will let you take peaks into the engine compartment to see if there is an obvious leak somewhere. You can sit on a piece of 2X4 or something.

But before I go to all that trouble, I think I would get a small mirror and flashlight and look up at the motor from the bottom up.

On the 787, the water comes in from the jet pump on the left rear side of the head. Then, it crosses over to the tuned pipe, where it travels up toward the exhaust manifold in a circular path, being preheated along the way. Then, it goes into the engine, just above the air induction.........

Use the mirro to look under the exhaust manifold and tuned pipe.

I hope you can find it....water leaks can be a pain in the as*:cheers:

Could the engine compartment being half filled with water fill the actual engine with water to the point where there is water under the spark plugs, because I have read this happening to people who turn on the hose without the engine on, could this happen to my jet if it is fill with water inside ?

 

[seadoosnipe]

Water line...

You have a water line under the engine that is going to the water regulator valve on the back of the exhaust system.

Your idea of having it docked and running it is not the same as "riding" it. The dock will only allow you to create so much pressure on the nozzle. From what your saying, it's mostly happening when riding hard, on the water.

The tuned pipe is filled with water. If the hose betweent he engine block and the tuned pipe is broken or has a hole in it, you should see the leak right off.

But, the idea of the mirror is, at a leak, water will flow around the pipe till it's ready to drip, from where? The bottom of the pipe. So, if there is a leak, it should be noticeable with a mirror, looking up from the bottom. :cheers:

 

[laxexquis]

Yea it could drip from the bottom of the pipe, but the last leak I found was so high pressure it was squirting out, and when you say the tuned pipe do you mean the big circular metal one that is sort of integrated into the engine?

Thanks,
John

 

[raamedicva]

Water Leak flooding hull

I had a similar issue with my 97 XP. It turned out to be a hole in the tuned pipe just after the header. It was in a half dollar sized piece of aluminum that was welded to the exhaust. The faster I went the faster the bilge filled with water.