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Sea doo Speedster 150 215hp smoke issue help!!
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devonte007
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White smoke or steam is normal from the exhaust port as it exits the boat at the back of the hull, since Seadoo's (and most all boats) cool the exhaust by injecting water into the hot exhaust gas just downstream from the manifold. This injected water then ends up as steam as it goes out the back of the boat. White steam smoke with no distinguishing smell, is normal. Blue/grey smoke would be bad (4-tecs only), or if it had a sweet smell could mean engine oil or coolant consumption.
Now for as where you see smoke coming out right at the mating surface between the manifold and the exhaust pipe, this is not normal. It could be that some light oil is burning off the hot exhaust system from when the engine was winterized (When you winterize the engine you are supposed to spray they engine with a fogging oil or wd-40 to protect from moisture). If it goes away, then I would not worry about it. If smoke from this gasket area continues then it sounds like some sort of leak and/or a bad gasket.
Poke around in there and make sure that all the clamps and screws of the gasket are tight (not sure off hand how everything is held together), you can view an exploded diagram from the exhaust system by clicking the 'parts' link at the top of the forum and it may help understand how everything mates together.
Hopefully it is something simple like loose clamps or maybe even a bad gasket, and not something serious like a cracked manifold which could happen if it froze and was not winterized properly. In any event this is kind of rare and I have not heard of this problem before. This is all that I can propose at the moment, but maybe others will have better theories. Hope it helps, and let us know what you find. Good luck!
Now for as where you see smoke coming out right at the mating surface between the manifold and the exhaust pipe, this is not normal. It could be that some light oil is burning off the hot exhaust system from when the engine was winterized (When you winterize the engine you are supposed to spray they engine with a fogging oil or wd-40 to protect from moisture). If it goes away, then I would not worry about it. If smoke from this gasket area continues then it sounds like some sort of leak and/or a bad gasket.
Poke around in there and make sure that all the clamps and screws of the gasket are tight (not sure off hand how everything is held together), you can view an exploded diagram from the exhaust system by clicking the 'parts' link at the top of the forum and it may help understand how everything mates together.
Hopefully it is something simple like loose clamps or maybe even a bad gasket, and not something serious like a cracked manifold which could happen if it froze and was not winterized properly. In any event this is kind of rare and I have not heard of this problem before. This is all that I can propose at the moment, but maybe others will have better theories. Hope it helps, and let us know what you find. Good luck!
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I wouldn't run it on the hose for more than 3-4 minutes and not at fast speed either. (gunning it a little once or twice is ok).
If you want to go the extra yard, take another hose and with no nozzle on the end, direct it into the jet pump to help it cool and will minimize the rattling noise.
as devon007 said take a look at the connection where it's smoking and see if it's loose or broken.
I wouldn't run it on the hose for more than 3-4 minutes and not at fast speed either. (gunning it a little once or twice is ok).
If you want to go the extra yard, take another hose and with no nozzle on the end, direct it into the jet pump to help it cool and will minimize the rattling noise.
as devon007 said take a look at the connection where it's smoking and see if it's loose or broken.
Thanks for the responses.
Turns out that the exhaust manifold was blocked with what looked like a calcified substance. Cleaned it all out and now water is flowing freely. Just need to get some hose clamps and more coolant (pulle the wrong hose off and all the coolant leaked out) and she should be right!
Turns out that the exhaust manifold was blocked with what looked like a calcified substance. Cleaned it all out and now water is flowing freely. Just need to get some hose clamps and more coolant (pulle the wrong hose off and all the coolant leaked out) and she should be right!
I'm gonna guess it has been run in salt water. I would get some salt away and flush it through all the hoses.
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