JasonZDel

You're welcome. I think that might be some "loose" termanology. Attached is what I see in the shop manual regarding the exhaust manifold.

Sounds good, keep us posted on your findings!

Ok here's an update:

I got the mufflers and exhaust manifold apart and drained all the water, which was ALOT. I then removed the spark plugs and turned over the engines a few times. This shot all the remaining water out. WARNING for future DIY follks. Make sure you stand clear of the top of the engine, because all of the water (mixed with gas?) will spray forcefully out. It even hit the ceiling of my 20' tall garage with room to spare.

After doing this several times to get as much water out as possible, I reassembled everything. While I had the plugs out, I went ahead and put new ones in. I then tried to start the engines which now turn over fine, but they will not start. Everything turns over normally as if it were to start but neither engine quite ever ignites.

Do I need to spray something in the engine? Any other input out there!?!?!?! Thanks again.

This might be a silly question but did you get any rain overnight that might have got in the boat? Secondly and more importantly even if the boat did take on water why wasn't your auto-bilge working or was it?

Now to answer your two questions:

(1) To my knowledge it isn't uncommon for the boat to take on "some" water, but it shouldn't take on as much that you have described. Typically the little bit of water it might take on the auto-bilge should take care of. I would take it to your dealer to have it looked at as soon as possible, it could be that you have some faulty seals or drain plugs.

(2) Take a look at this post, http://seadoosportbo...-my-cyclinders/, regarding what to do about the water in the engine.

Keep us posted!

Kevin,

Thanks for the link. Tonight I will try what is described. Can you direct me to a picture or diagram of what they are describing here: "I would take off rubber coupling between waterbox and exhaust manifold and let drain in both engines." Specifically, what is the "waterbox"? I'm looking in the operators guide and the service manual and don't see this.

To answer your question, we did not get any rain overnight and I have no idea why the bilge didn't work. This may be the problem, but first things first. Let see if this thing is salvageable.