Well hello everybody... my first post. Was hoping it would not be user error, but alas, here we are.
As you read this, please feel free to laugh at me, as I've already gotten myself to a point where I can laugh... was a stretch, but I'm there now.
Setup: So I picked up a brand new 2012 Wake Pro 155 on Saturday morning. We live on the Inlet down here in Murrels Inlet, so salt water is all around us. We have a dock, but no ramp yet (that's coming this week). Spoke with the dealer, and they suggested, as long as we spray the inside with the salt lubricant stuff from Sea Doo, it should be fine for a couple days.
So, we enjoyed the whole day on Saturday, then Sunday morning decided to go pick up a tube to tow behind the Wake. My wife was towing me around, and all good (had to test it out for the nephew who's coming later this week). We then stopped for a short period of time, talked about how it was going, and went to get going again. I made the mistake of not letting my wife know to look out for the rope, and before you know it, the rope gets sucked into the intake thingy (technical term) on the bottom of the boat.
We cut the engine within seconds of it going in, but of course it was too late. Here's where the real fun begins... once we got back to the dock (tow back from a nice neighbor who I'm sure was smiling the whole way), we decided it would be ok to flip the pwc, and try to cut the rope out... keep in mind this is in salt water, so definitely not our smartest hour. Anyway, we get it over, cut and cut and untie, and we almost get it.. not quite though. Anyway, there's still about 12" of rope tied around the bottom, though much better than the 4' we already took out. Now we go to turn it over and realize its sitting a bit low in the water.
Of course, unknowinly, we submerged the entire engine compartment in water while it was upside down... fortunately, we were at high tide, and theres a natural ramp area just off the dock, so we walk it over to that area, and wait for tide to go out (about 3 hours). Once the tide went out, I unscrewed the two drain caps, and let the water out.
Once out, I took a fresh water hose, and hosed down the insides, let it drain, then hosed it down again. From there, I sprayed the salt water lubricant inside the engine area all over to make sure all components we nicely covered, and hopefully protected from the salt water.
The seat is still water logged, but I'm hoping a couple days in the sun will allow that to dry out.
The one thing I noticed when I opened it up this morning, is down near the back, there's still a small pool of water (hopefully fresh, though more likely a combination of fresh water, salt water, and lubricant).
So I'm trying to decide next steps. I'm going to take the unit out of the water today at the public ramp... once its on the trailer, I'm pretty sure I'll be able to cut out the remaining cord, spray down the insides again, completely drain, and re apply the lube. Also gonna flush out using the hose adapter, assuming the engine turns also.
Here's the question, assuming all this happens, and the boat turns when we go to start it, should I be taking it back to the dealer for a thorough flushing out? Feels like maybe, but am wondering what you all think.
Thanks in advance for the help... and hopefully you get a smile out of reading this.
Embarrassed new owner.
Blue
As you read this, please feel free to laugh at me, as I've already gotten myself to a point where I can laugh... was a stretch, but I'm there now.
Setup: So I picked up a brand new 2012 Wake Pro 155 on Saturday morning. We live on the Inlet down here in Murrels Inlet, so salt water is all around us. We have a dock, but no ramp yet (that's coming this week). Spoke with the dealer, and they suggested, as long as we spray the inside with the salt lubricant stuff from Sea Doo, it should be fine for a couple days.
So, we enjoyed the whole day on Saturday, then Sunday morning decided to go pick up a tube to tow behind the Wake. My wife was towing me around, and all good (had to test it out for the nephew who's coming later this week). We then stopped for a short period of time, talked about how it was going, and went to get going again. I made the mistake of not letting my wife know to look out for the rope, and before you know it, the rope gets sucked into the intake thingy (technical term) on the bottom of the boat.
We cut the engine within seconds of it going in, but of course it was too late. Here's where the real fun begins... once we got back to the dock (tow back from a nice neighbor who I'm sure was smiling the whole way), we decided it would be ok to flip the pwc, and try to cut the rope out... keep in mind this is in salt water, so definitely not our smartest hour. Anyway, we get it over, cut and cut and untie, and we almost get it.. not quite though. Anyway, there's still about 12" of rope tied around the bottom, though much better than the 4' we already took out. Now we go to turn it over and realize its sitting a bit low in the water.
Of course, unknowinly, we submerged the entire engine compartment in water while it was upside down... fortunately, we were at high tide, and theres a natural ramp area just off the dock, so we walk it over to that area, and wait for tide to go out (about 3 hours). Once the tide went out, I unscrewed the two drain caps, and let the water out.
Once out, I took a fresh water hose, and hosed down the insides, let it drain, then hosed it down again. From there, I sprayed the salt water lubricant inside the engine area all over to make sure all components we nicely covered, and hopefully protected from the salt water.
The seat is still water logged, but I'm hoping a couple days in the sun will allow that to dry out.
The one thing I noticed when I opened it up this morning, is down near the back, there's still a small pool of water (hopefully fresh, though more likely a combination of fresh water, salt water, and lubricant).
So I'm trying to decide next steps. I'm going to take the unit out of the water today at the public ramp... once its on the trailer, I'm pretty sure I'll be able to cut out the remaining cord, spray down the insides again, completely drain, and re apply the lube. Also gonna flush out using the hose adapter, assuming the engine turns also.
Here's the question, assuming all this happens, and the boat turns when we go to start it, should I be taking it back to the dealer for a thorough flushing out? Feels like maybe, but am wondering what you all think.
Thanks in advance for the help... and hopefully you get a smile out of reading this.
Embarrassed new owner.
Blue
