Sigh ... Engine Overheated! Rebuild or Order New Engine

[wan888]

Hi all,

Went out boating yesterday, had lots of fun at least till the end of the day.
In Hong Kong, we usually tow our speedboat behind and we do have a circulation valve installed while towing.

Last night, the boat boy forgot to open the valve before driving it back to the dry dock. Alarm went and still didn't notice the valve was close, (i.e overheated the engine) think exhaust burnt, water rushed in. Engine flooded.

The lucky thing is the dry dock management is kind enough to come back and lift it out of the water.

I've had similar experience with my SEADOO and I had the engine rebuilt.

Questions is, shall I rebuilt or just buy a new engine and swap it.

It's sea water .....

thx for any insight ......

Charles

 

[Luc Lafreniere]

OUCH! That is an expensive mistake! A little too late with this trick, but if you wrap the emergency shut off lanyard around the valve whenever it's closed, it would force anyone who starts the engine to not be able to do so until they find the emergency kill switch lanyard which is wrapped around the valve. This is why they don't include such valves on these boats. If they did, tons of people would forget the valves closed. Obviously you're aware of the possible issues, just a matte of finding a way to avoid this in the future.

As for the engine, excellent question. lol Beyond my knowledge. Hopefully someone else can chime in. Good luck buddy!