I'm new to PWCs but a mechanic by trade, thanks for teaching me how to take care of my new VX HO. My only suggestion would to be careful about cranking a high compression engine with liquid (fogging oil) on top of the piston. Might be safer to spray the oil in the plug hole while you're cranking the engine. You could also spray past the throttle body (spark plugs removed) and do all 4 cylinders at once. Good luck sir!
EXCELLENT video - Thanks for sharing and explaining the procedure to prepare and winterize a Yamaha Waverunner! I have watched several, and this by far is the BEST - Very thorough and informative!! I am looking to purchase a pair of 2020 Yamaha FX Cruiser HO machines and what the dealers charge to service them is extremely expensive. Following your instructions and direction, I feel quite comfortable doing it myself. I just have to figure out your antifreeze configuration and container!
Great video! I've watched many others too but yours is by far the best system with good, thorough explanations and very good audio & video quality. Well done!
Can I use traditional car antifreeze? Also, you did not fog the Intake. Does the intake not need to be fogged? THE PWC will be in a heated garaj for winter ....Thanks
Very nice video! Easy to follow. Just a quick question, when you flush it with antifreeze did it come out from the side drain also or just from the back?
Just with gravity very little will come out to the side, for that I use a bucket with antifreeze and a submersible utility pump, that way it will come out everywhere.
Thank you for the video, I have a question. Next season when you take out the ski, do you need to do anything after spraying the fogging oil in the cylinders? I'm about to winterize mine now and want to make sure I do the correct steps when I take it out at the begging of next season. please let me know.
2021 HO models. shouldn't there be anti-freeze coming out the port on the side of the ski? to ensure that the entire cooling system has been winterized?
With this method there is but not much, if you want to see more coming out you can use a 5 gal bucket and use an utility pump submersed to pump the antifreeze vs gravity .
After running 3 gallons of antifreeze through the Waverunner my engine overheating alarm warning came on. I could see the fluid coming out the back. Have you seen this? Thanks
Was your antifreeze tank elevated ? U need a bit of pressure to send it tru the engine or else it will come out the back only. You have to see the antifreeze coming out the side outlet of the ski. If it doesn't work for you then try using a 5 gallon bucket filled with antifreeze and use a submersible pump to pump it into the engine.
I have 2 yamahas, a 2017 VXHO and a 2021 SVHO. For the VXHO this method worked fine. However when I tried it with the 2021 SVHO, the engine overheated. The water part was fine, but when I switched to the antifreeze the flow of the antifreeze was very slow and there was just a small stream of antifreeze coming out of the exhaust. I checked the hoses and the coolant tub and the flow was fine there. So I'm not sure what happened. Does the SVHO need a higher coolant flow rate than the VXHO?
my VX HO shuts off after 15 seconds of the engine running...is that normal? It does it while hooked up to water and not hooked up. It's only got 62 hours in the motor.
If you ride all year you wouldn’t need fuel stabilizer or to tend your battery, but do you risk water freezing in the ski over night? I think if you live somewhere it freezes over night you would still need to either blow out the water or run antifreeze. Or is just hitting the throttle out of the water for a few seconds clear enough?
@@tymacho9007 well then u don't need to winterize , the only thing I will do is fog the cylinders, stabilize the fuel and remove battery and put on trickle charger.
@@kevinbucner2739 hahahaha ok thank you, I’m 15 and bought a Yamaha Ex Deluxe, my mom has a VX Cruiser HO. I am looking at upgrading to a GP 1800r, how do you like yours?
