My brother just bought a 99 Sea Doo XP 951. *This is his first jet ski. *He had it out yesterday and was playing pretty hard on it. *When he came back into shore the hull had filled up pretty good and the engine also ended up filling up with water. *We pulled it out of the water pulled the plugs off and pumped the water out. *We got it running again and replaced the battery because it wouldn't hold a good charge. *Anyone have any ideas what would have caused this before we take it back out. *The local mechanic thought that maybe when the battery was low the bilidge pump wouldn't work well.

It was the battery at fault I'll bet. Take it out and watch it. But first take a hose and fill it with water on shore to see if the pump works. Water in the motor concerns me though. He should've noticed something was wrong if there was enough water to get ingested.
Caleb

The bilge pump should run off battery power, so if the battery was bad, that should have beenn the problem. If not maybe the bilge has gone south!!! http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

Did he roll the craft. *The 951s had a water injestion problem. *It seems that after you roll the craft there is a 50% chance of water in the engine. *This is due to a gasket by the exhaust manifold or a loose snorkel.

Thanks for the help guys. *I just posted on their tonight so hopefully I can get some ideas.

Have worked on some XP's that burned a small hole in the rubber exhaust hose and would then fill with water as you ride, also ran dogge.
I have not seen any electric pumps on jet-skis, most use check ball & siphon from the jet pump to pull the water from inside, but I have not worked on the model you have.

Thanks toydoc. *The tigershark we started with and returned after 2 days had a whole in the exhaust like that and was really doggy. *This one I don't think has a whole cause its got alot of power.

i was just wondering where you found a lake in jamestown?

have a good one!!!!!!!!!

highlandergerman are you trying to pick on ND. *haha. *Well I actually go to college in jamestown and live on a farm south of Jamestown in Marion. *We have a small manmade lake called Lake Lamoure about 15miles away and I do mean small. *Never been on the reservoir in Jamestown. *This weekend though I got to take it out to Detroit Lake to my girlfriends cabin. *What a blast.

D>L> would be a big change. *It only takes about 2hrs from jamestown to get there. (guess) My brother in law was looking at going to school there , *but after he toured it he decided to go to the main u in the cities. *well have a good one.

Wow what a difference in schools. *JC which has barely over a 1000 students and UM with well over 10 times the students.

Yep he wants to go into computers, *But he thought he may wrestle over there. ( he was ranked 5th in mn in his weight class). * Frazze tied with another school fo 1st in state. ( darn olympics) *However he has decided that education is a bettter idea. *let me know how that jet ski turns out. *The inlaws live near frazze(so i am in the d.l. area alot) *the lake will be fun. *but beware of the * MN D N R.

hey there guy. i picked up that jet ski. the guy meet me close to james town. we will have to get together on d.l. and ride. i got a great deal plus skis, a knee board ect.

The 951's had a water ingestion problemn because of engine configuration. This is something you can do hardly anything about. The chance of blowing your motor will always be there. Be prepared as I know thi personally. Get an 800 motor spx or xp in the smaller hull. Better boat by far