Towing Jet ski on water?

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• pault1216 Member Posts: 206 ✭✭✭

  August 2017

  Make sure you can tow it. Sometimes water finds it way into the exhaust and will ruin the engine. I put a 'tow valve' on my waverunner to prevent this. The valve goes between where the cooling water exits the pump to the engine. Towing most pwc's pressurizes the water in the pump chamber causing it to to enter the engine via exhaust. Hope that helps a little.   -Paul
  

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• Carsnmorellc Member Posts: 230 ✭✭

  August 2017

  Thats great advice.  Considering I just put a new motor in it. I just asked my mechanic about it, waiting for a response.

  2001 340 Fiesta Vee 20P Hill Marine and 2 new 6.2 Horizon motors. Whine Down

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• JoeStang Member Posts: 1,131 ✭✭✭✭

  August 2017

  Just don't do like the guy I saw last week. He was going at least 25mph with the jet ski in tow bouncing off the water like crazy 100' behind him. 

  2013 276 Cuddy ~ 350 MAG / B3
  

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• Carsnmorellc Member Posts: 230 ✭✭

  August 2017

  Hahaha nah I am more of a booze cruise Captain anyway.  

  2001 340 Fiesta Vee 20P Hill Marine and 2 new 6.2 Horizon motors. Whine Down

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• Trashman Member Posts: 432 ✭✭✭

  August 2017

  pault1216 said:

  Make sure you can tow it. Sometimes water finds it way into the exhaust and will ruin the engine. I put a 'tow valve' on my waverunner to prevent this. The valve goes between where the cooling water exits the pump to the engine. Towing most pwc's pressurizes the water in the pump chamber causing it to to enter the engine via exhaust. Hope that helps a little.   -Paul
  

  I second this info.  You can easily fill an engine with water towing it.  I had to put an engine in a seadoo speedster because of this. 

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• Carsnmorellc Member Posts: 230 ✭✭

  August 2017

  I definitely need a tow valve for my ski!  Good call

  2001 340 Fiesta Vee 20P Hill Marine and 2 new 6.2 Horizon motors. Whine Down

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• pault1216 Member Posts: 206 ✭✭✭

  August 2017

  You can probably find more details on the pwctoday.com website. Pretty simple install and parts are less than $10.
  

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• Carsnmorellc Member Posts: 230 ✭✭

  August 2017

  @pault1216 yes they had a great description on how to install.  

  2001 340 Fiesta Vee 20P Hill Marine and 2 new 6.2 Horizon motors. Whine Down

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• 06Rinker270 Member Posts: 1,277 ✭✭✭

  October 2017 edited October 2017

  @Carsnmorellc what set up did you go with?  Curious what others do as well. 

  Patrick
  06 Rinker 270

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• Carsnmorellc Member Posts: 230 ✭✭

  October 2017

  @06Rinker270 I went ahead and put a quarter turn valve on the water line to block it off.  I cut a line that connects to both cleats on the back, the line goes through the front cleat of the jetski.  I have measured the line that way the ski is at the peak of the wake.  Pulls so easily and no water splashes into the ski.

  2001 340 Fiesta Vee 20P Hill Marine and 2 new 6.2 Horizon motors. Whine Down

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• 06Rinker270 Member Posts: 1,277 ✭✭✭

  October 2017

  interesting, what can you cruise at?
  
  I have seen these a few times.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLJMcX28o1Q

  Patrick
  06 Rinker 270

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• Carsnmorellc Member Posts: 230 ✭✭

  October 2017

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  2001 340 Fiesta Vee 20P Hill Marine and 2 new 6.2 Horizon motors. Whine Down

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