The story of my ski starting on fire pics soon

[DaUpJetSkier]

Thought Id share: First off waterbox blew up at rave rave so I ran a straight pipe for the weekend, took out the gas tank this weekend but left the return line hooked up and main sitting in the hull, didnt get a chance to put it in so went to throw it in to ride today, 5 gals of gas is sitting in my hull, keep in mind i took out the straight pipe and just had the stinger end of the pipe and the other side of the exhaust hose in, so I pump out all 5 gals and wash most of the gas out with the hose and soapy water, still prob a gal or two towards the back but I figured its mostly water, I put the waterbox in loosely and just for grins start the ski up, well Kaboom and fire, it blows the stiner hose off the pipe and a watery gas mixture flows towards the back of the hull to meet up with the gasy water, luckily I had the hose out, NOT, that barely worked, I pull the hose my ski starts going down the driveway and backs into my roomates car (nice big dent in the fender) ski still on fire, I run and grab my fire extenguisher, that does a poof and its a dud POS, so i throw agaisnt the garage wall and then it goes, ski still on fire, finally I filled the ski to the top and it goes out. Melted cooling and gas lines, most of the outside of the main electrical is melted but salvageable I think, I already pulled the pipe and pretty much everything else. It was crazy never had to deal with fire like that before, so now I have to order fuel filters, new tygon, clean it all out again so dont do what i did!!!!!!!! Im really lucky in a way, luckily I pulled the gas tank out of the return line still connectiong because it started to go up it and the gas tank was 1/4 full and filled with fumes. Im pissed, was gonna ride tonight after class and ride hard till october, now im gonna buy a drysuit for oct.

 

[Big Kahuna]

plus fix your roomy's car.........

doooh.............

 

[marz831]

First off, I am very sorry, that totally sucks and I'm glad nobody got hurt.







But, the mental picture I have in my head of what you are describing is hilarious.

 

[DaUpJetSkier]

ya I just rambled that story off how it happened, I hope the insurance company covers it like a hit in a parking lot would be. It was pretty crazy tho, never had to deal with a real out of control fire on something I actually cared about, that thing is my life.

 

[Big Kahuna]

had something similar happen years ago, spilt gas in the hull (550), throught I had it all out, had to jump off the ski, spark...........boom, blew me back into the water, pulled the ski in to deeper water and sunk it......... no damage except eyebrows and lashes, and singed hair!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[marz831]

I know what you mean. We had a "gasoline accident" a couple years back and you don't realize how scary it actually is until it happens.

 

[WFO Speedracer]

I have had a few (incidents) over the years ,I am very careful when it comes to fumes and sparks nowdays.

 

[MADMAT]

Omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Wolf Child]

ya I just rambled that story off how it happened, I hope the insurance company covers it like a hit in a parking lot would be. It was pretty crazy tho, never had to deal with a real out of control fire on something I actually cared about, that thing is my life.

That sux for sure, Casey.

will homeowners insurance cover any of it perhaps?

 

[oxnard111]

pancakes fire story was pretty crazy also

 

[Jake6488]

First off, I am very sorry, that totally sucks and I'm glad nobody got hurt.







But, the mental picture I have in my head of what you are describing is hilarious.

For real The extenguisher on the wall. Could just see that one. Sorry for the bad luck bro. Hope everything works out.

 

[DaUpJetSkier]

really unnecessary for any insurance, I mean its gonna cost a few bucks but mostly just labor and time lost, now with the car I hope that is covered under their own, MI has a no fault insurance even in an accident so it should be all good.

 

[oxnard111]

dam, let me know if you need any ebox parts. i'll donate an ebox shell if you need it. :smile:

and if you need like 5 more shells, I'll donate those too... seems like you just collect those like no other...

 

[Matt_E]

Nice. I did that not too long ago.

 

[DaUpJetSkier]

just did another once over, im just cleaning the garage from when I through the extinguisher bomb, bad idea btw. I think all the real elecs are good, somehow it just got the bilge wires alot of cooling line and most fuel, I do need like 2-3 feet of primer line, anyone wanna send some? I think I got enough tygon fuel line. Should I pic up a fuel filter from napa, part number? I had the clear one from JSS which I like alot.

Anyways, this gives me a goos chance to re route my cooling because it was running way too hot so maybe ill do dual while I got the pipe out and I also had to remount a new extinguisher strap and had to pull the ebox for that and was putting that off.