Excellent job detailing this often overlooked process . Thanks for your effort .

Nice video mate. One tip that I've used for many years is to put a bucket or so of fresh water in the engine bay mixed with detergent or car wash before you leave the boat ramp. Take the bungs out. Drive home and the fresh water will slosh around the engine bay while driving and give it a nice clean. Then do the usual spray with silicone spray/lanox when you get home.

@JetSkiCamping

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea! Will do it next time. Thanks Simon.

@stevestewart3816

2 жыл бұрын

I'm new to pwc's I'm picking up a 2000 Yamaha xl760 Friday for cheap. It will be my first pwc

Great video. Extremely informative for a first time owner. Thank you.

Much more informative than other videos,. Feels like an owners manual.

Very well made video. Clear instructions, and not bloat. You are a blessing.

@JetSkiCamping

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that! Hope it helped mate.

Very. Nice. Video. Been. Looking. Forward. To. This. One. Thanks.

Awesome videos full of great information and very easy to understand. Thanks :)

@JetSkiCamping

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for leaving a comment! Very much appreciated and glad you enjoyed.

Overall , cracking video.... nicely filmed

5:40 Seadoo flush for NO LONGER than 40 seconds! (See 1:15 on previous video for results of carbon seal failure!! ) Note : Fogging is important on N/A ski's also to prevent throttle body seizure ( 1: A PWC jammed at full throttle will never end well 2: Replacement throttle bodies are ridiculously expensive!! ) I also strongly advise leaving the seat off overnight standing up against a wall or similar to allow any water in the seat foam to drain thus helping prevent mould / deterioration and also allows the bilge to air dry. Great vid!! Must watch for PWC owners!

@JetSkiCamping

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

good video mate very helpful!

@JetSkiCamping

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks - glad you enjoyed!

Great video mate, I also recommend using synthetic oil when doing the maintenance it's worth the extra money for longevity.

@JetSkiCamping

3 жыл бұрын

Good tip! Thanks Andrew!

Thanks for the help full video

@JetSkiCamping

4 жыл бұрын

No worried Cal - Thanks for watching and I'm glad it helped!

Great advice, wish I'd seen this video 10 years ago.

@JetSkiCamping

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate.

@Byteman72

4 жыл бұрын

@@JetSkiCamping I've had a go at a bit of Jet-Ski camping myself. I'll never forget the return trip from this adventure. It was very scary indeed! kzread.info/dash/bejne/i3ugt5iYn8i_j7w.html

Good Video! My only feedback would be if you store your Jetski outside (and have old seals etc like I do) do not replace the bungs, as if rainwater enters the engine area it can drain.

Thankz from doha qatar

@JetSkiCamping

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Rayz. How’s things in Qatar going?

This works for any jet ski I have a stx 160

Do you do this after every used or when u decide to store it

Very nice, to eliminate rusting out the carabiner and have them break on you during a swell at night, use the alpine butterfly knot around the anchor bag, then pass your rope through and clove hitch then half hitch each end to the front and back, the same theory but less gear to worry about and less that can go wrong, or a bowline front and back to lock her up over night

@JetSkiCamping

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks Ian. I’ll give it a go!

@ginaferraro1967

7 ай бұрын

​@@JetSkiCampinghow do you thoroughly drain the hull if you keep the ski on a floating dock? I can't lift the front to create a gradient.

Great video. Is it okay to spray down the engine while it's hot or should you wait for it to cool first? And if you should wait how long should you wait?

@JetSkiCamping

4 жыл бұрын

Great question Chad! If the engine is too hot to touch I would be nervous about spraying it with cold water. This very concern is why I recommend cleaning your trailer and the outside of your ski first. It allows time for the engine to cool before spraying it down. This is especially important if you're cleaning immediately at the ramp instead of waiting until you drive home. Some may disagree, after all the engine is water cooled during operation, but you don't want to risk thermally cracking the engine block.

Great video. I wish you could have shown a better picture or added an arrow of the engine part not to rinse down (air box). Would WD-40 count as an anti-corrosive spray? Keep up the good work.

@JetSkiCamping

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Check out the cleaning hacks video - it shows the air box more clearly. Many people use the non-aerosol WD-40 liquid in a pump spray bottle.

I use to lift the ski up to discharge any remaining water in the hull and footwells. Now, I use a wet vac to suck up all the standing water in the hull and footwells to fully dry out my ski....no more lifting. Also I use salt a way with applicator to flush engine for no more than 30 secs.

@JetSkiCamping

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I'll have to try a wet vac!

@suckomatic6038

4 жыл бұрын

@@JetSkiCamping kzread.info/dash/bejne/d2iOzM59k8zAg7A.html australian made water vac

How often do you do this process?

Hey man would you worry about a little chip like that? My ski has one similar,

Just curious... Do this after every ride??

great video thanks!, but what should I do if i turn the engine off before turn the water off?

@arqjavierobregon

3 жыл бұрын

Go directly to your dealer and purchase a new engine

What a great video. I’m totally new to the world of jet skis but my partner used to work a jet ski safari in Spain. I was asking her about flushing and she said the boss never asked them to do it he said just start the engine at the end of each day when out the water and blip the throttle that’s it. This was after a 10 hour day of jet ski safari. Seems insane right!?

@JetSkiCamping

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Barry. Was the safari in a fresh water lake or river?

@UKBJH

2 жыл бұрын

@@JetSkiCamping it was a sea safari! Crazy huh

@JetSkiCamping

2 жыл бұрын

Wow - even Seadoo’s with closed-loop cooling should be flushed. I guess they may have been leased/rented so he wasn’t concerned with longevity. Wonder how long they lasted?

@UKBJH

2 жыл бұрын

@@JetSkiCamping they were rented - used for one season and then replaced with a new model. So bad luck to whoever buys those 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@mickallan2071

Ай бұрын

Maybe not, I watched videos on outboard motors that had over 3000 hours which were being used every day but never flushed with fresh water and never had problems. Why. They said because the corrosion can only grow when left for long periods of not being used. Which is typical family man. Not the professional using them constantly. So actually looking to buy a low hour ski or outboard could spell trouble in your cooling system if not used much.

Hope this helps and please subscribe! Thanks!

Thank you so much for a great video! It was awesome and very helpful to watch it. Can we suggest adding "0:00" time stamp to it? You are going to make video chapters visible on the video itself then.

@JetSkiCamping

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much! Funny how KZread makes the 0:00 Timestamp necessary for chapters. I’ll add it now. Much appreciated!

Rinse the engine bay first.

Do I need to do all these steps if I use my jet ski in clean unsalted river water?

@900stx7

Жыл бұрын

I have 2004 900STX that I only ride in fresh water. The only time I do this is when I'm storing it for the winter. When I get home after a ride i make sure that engine compartment is completely dry. A shammy towel works great for this. Afterwards i will leave the seat off for a day or two just to make sure everything is dry. I occasionally spray everything down with silicone spray. My engine still looks and runs great.

im exhausted just watching this. this video turned me off getting a jet ski lol

You should never spray your engine directly with water, it can accumulate in the spark plug wells. I use a product called seafoam sf-16 on the engine lightly.

@JetSkiCamping

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Aaron - I'll check it out. My user manual specifically advises - "When the watercraft has been used at sea, rinse the engine compartment with fresh water". What does your user manual say?

@slabcharger7162

Жыл бұрын

Plug covers plus grease to Stop that

Pump from hot water tank off camp trailer. Wake up. 😮

That is a steel Trailer bud !

@JetSkiCamping

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah galvanized steel. You can also get Aluminium trailers but a lot of the components will be steel.

Can I just use car soap?

I don’t recommend to turn the engine a second time to flush the remaining fresh water specially if you ride your ski in salt water why? Because salt corrosion works best in dry areas so if you keep it moisture it will stay out of corrosion I’ve been doing this for 10 years on my ski and still running!

@JetSkiCamping

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for sharing! What if you’re not using your ski again for several weeks - could the stagnant water cause any problems?

@arqjavierobregon

3 жыл бұрын

@@JetSkiCamping not at all but you can use antifreeze instead of just water, a good tip is to get a container that you can fill it with antifreeze and in some way insert in one end the water hose and in the other side of the container a connector to the inlet of your ski so the water pressure from the hose will pull the antifreeze inside the engine and all it’s components so when you see it coming out stop the water hose and turn off the engine so the antifreeze will stay inside and you will not have any problems perhaps you can make a video on this way I’ve just explain to you. Like using the salt eliminator conector but bigger. This is also very essential every time you flush your engine more in salt water as I do it every time. Another very important thing to do is if you winterize your ski for a long period of time change the oil and filter before even trying to run the engine, remember that the oil with no use changes its properties so in will block the filter and suck the oil filter and the oil will not go to the engine and you know what will happen then! I hope this was useful

@JetSkiCamping

3 жыл бұрын

Mate great advice. Thanks again. Living in Australia, I don’t have any experience with antifreeze! But I’m sure this will help many!

Way to much