How to Best Clean & Flush Your Jet Ski 

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

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

I appreciate that! Hope it helped mate.

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

Thanks - glad you enjoyed!

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

Thanks mate.

@@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! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YGlU6_oeY_Y.html

Good tip! Thanks Andrew!

Cheers Rayz. How’s things in Qatar going?

Thanks for sharing!

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

​@@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.

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.

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.

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

@@JetSkiCamping ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-E4ZjlDciZSM.html australian made water vac

Go directly to your dealer and purchase a new engine

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

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

@@JetSkiCamping it was a sea safari! Crazy huh

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?

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

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.

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.

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?

Plug covers plus grease to Stop that

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

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

@@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

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