Well, having managed to get the ski running, I took it down to the lake and fired it up and it ran great except having to pump the gas for a bit when starting (unless its within 30 seconds of shut off; probably a carb problem?).
Then I noticed there was no water coming out of the small hole in the back so I came in and stopped. Luckily I had only been out a couple of minutes because:
There was NO water making it through the cooling system. I took the ski home and looked at HLMS's cooling system exploded diag. and noticed that two hoses were hooked up wrong. This after having taken it into a big seadoo shop to have it looked at to make sure it would run right.
In fact I believe that this is what probably happened.
When we took this into a place in Courtney BC. to have it looked at to make sure it was in running order and to fix anything that wasnn't big $$ (cost $330 Can) the seadoo shop decided to put a flush "T" in (Since this year, as I have been told, does not come with one stock) and instead of cutting a hose and installing one permantly, they decide to pull the intake and outtake hoses from the rear chassis and plug them into a "T" as a temp flush setup. BUT they forgot to remove the T and hook the hoses back up. This was done last year and had not been used since then.
So luckily I noticed there was no water ejecting through the little hole (what the hells the name?) and came to shore.
Also, caveat to anyone who phone into a repair shop to ask what the fitting that is letting water in is for... I as told the intake fitting was something else and I should just plug it with silicone.
So, what damage could have been done? Is lt likely I did any? What should I look for beofre taking it out again? (After the hoses are reconnected that is).
I was only on the water for a few about 2 minutes at about half to 3/4 speed (it was choppy and I wanted to make sure things were running good first).
Then I noticed there was no water coming out of the small hole in the back so I came in and stopped. Luckily I had only been out a couple of minutes because:
There was NO water making it through the cooling system. I took the ski home and looked at HLMS's cooling system exploded diag. and noticed that two hoses were hooked up wrong. This after having taken it into a big seadoo shop to have it looked at to make sure it would run right.
In fact I believe that this is what probably happened.
When we took this into a place in Courtney BC. to have it looked at to make sure it was in running order and to fix anything that wasnn't big $$ (cost $330 Can) the seadoo shop decided to put a flush "T" in (Since this year, as I have been told, does not come with one stock) and instead of cutting a hose and installing one permantly, they decide to pull the intake and outtake hoses from the rear chassis and plug them into a "T" as a temp flush setup. BUT they forgot to remove the T and hook the hoses back up. This was done last year and had not been used since then.
So luckily I noticed there was no water ejecting through the little hole (what the hells the name?) and came to shore.
Also, caveat to anyone who phone into a repair shop to ask what the fitting that is letting water in is for... I as told the intake fitting was something else and I should just plug it with silicone.
So, what damage could have been done? Is lt likely I did any? What should I look for beofre taking it out again? (After the hoses are reconnected that is).
I was only on the water for a few about 2 minutes at about half to 3/4 speed (it was choppy and I wanted to make sure things were running good first).
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