Now I know why they invented Loctite

[Harkins]

Just got my 94 xp this year and have been slowly fixing it. New to the Jet Ski thing but am fairly mechanically capable. Finally thought I was good and had it out in the ocean last Sunday. Ran great all day until I was out and it bogged down and eventually stalled. I thought it might have been a fuel issue. So I took it home and checked it out. Turns out the exhaust bolts backed out causing a massive exhaust leak inside the engine bay. With no exhaust pressure the pipes filled up with water and I'm pretty sure made it's way into the engine. I pulled the plugs and turned it over several times to get the water out. Reinstalled the plugs and tried to start it. Shot all of the water left over in the exhaust out but still wouldn't start. I then did a compression check and got 135psi each cylinder. So I'm thinking my next step is to drain the oil and gas tanks and replace with fresh fluids. Sound right? Any thoughts?

 

[Harkins]

Anything? .

 

[kustomkarl]

Uh...why drain the oil and gas tank? The water got into the engine, not the tanks. Get the water out of the engine and fire it up. Use lock tight next time and all should be fine.

Karl

 

[Harkins]

I've gotten all of the water out of the engine and it still won't fire. I have spark and fuel so I'm kind of stumped.

I wasn't the one who took the exhuast off last, that was the previous owner. I made sure to use loctite when I put it back on

 

[kustomkarl]

It should fire if all the water is out. Try adding some fuel mixed with your oil you use as a pre-mix and add about 2-3 oz's in the spark plugs holes to get it to fire up. Time is of the essence. The longer the water stays in the engine the more damage it will do. Be sure the battery is charged up to so it starts up quicker. Charge it up with the wires removed from the seadoo so it won't surge the other electrical on the seadoo. Do this in a well ventilated area.

Karl

 

[Harkins]

Any way water could have gotten into the lower end?

 

[kustomkarl]

It's a 2 stroke...the isn't a lower end. Except the oil sump that only holds like 3 oz or something. I doubt any water got in there...open the small plug on the engine case and look see.

Karl

 

[col84]

If ALL of the water is out and your plugs aren't fouled it should fire right up.

 

[Harkins]

That thing must have been saturated haha. Killed the battery once cleaning it out but finally got it to run. I plan on running it some more spraying some seafoam deep creep in there to clean it out then I'll take it out and see how it goes.

Thanks for your help