Intercooler Cooling Kit install & DIY Instructions

[Rip'nTear SHO]

Wow, my first sticky...thanks Billy!!!

[SHOBiz]

No pisser action on starboard

Okay, I have been having a bad week or so and now I am feeling pretty dumb again.

I installed the tunnel reinforcement last week and went out to ride Saturday. I immediately noticed no water out of the pisser on either side. Back on the trailer and back home. Swapped the two lines in the back going to the transom. Put it on the hose and had water out the port side and thought I was good to go. Drove back to the lake and launched. No water from the pisser on the starboard side. This means no water going thru the intercooler.

I installed the Stock IC with the RD core as well as the cooling and pressure kit and can't see why I would be getting nothing at all. Will look at this afternoon when I get home, but wanted to go ahead and get some ideas here.
Fracking last thing I need is to not be able to ride this 3 day weekend!!!!

[Rip'nTear SHO]

Okay, I have been having a bad week or so and now I am feeling pretty dumb again.

I installed the tunnel reinforcement last week and went out to ride Saturday. I immediately noticed no water out of the pisser on either side. Back on the trailer and back home. Swapped the two lines in the back going to the transom. Put it on the hose and had water out the port side and thought I was good to go. Drove back to the lake and launched. No water from the pisser on the starboard side. This means no water going thru the intercooler.

I installed the Stock IC with the RD core as well as the cooling and pressure kit and can't see why I would be getting nothing at all. Will look at this afternoon when I get home, but wanted to go ahead and get some ideas here.
Fracking last thing I need is to not be able to ride this 3 day weekend!!!!

MJH is the man to speak to on hthis one......

[mjh3ides]

Okay, I have been having a bad week or so and now I am feeling pretty dumb again.

I installed the tunnel reinforcement last week and went out to ride Saturday. I immediately noticed no water out of the pisser on either side. Back on the trailer and back home. Swapped the two lines in the back going to the transom. Put it on the hose and had water out the port side and thought I was good to go. Drove back to the lake and launched. No water from the pisser on the starboard side. This means no water going thru the intercooler.

I installed the Stock IC with the RD core as well as the cooling and pressure kit and can't see why I would be getting nothing at all. Will look at this afternoon when I get home, but wanted to go ahead and get some ideas here.
Fracking last thing I need is to not be able to ride this 3 day weekend!!!!

If you now have water coming from the port pisser, you have the hoses connected to the correct thru-hull fittings...the bottom one is the cooling water inlet & the top is for the siphon bilge. The first thing I would check is the tee that sits under the manifold. The stock metric hoses don't fit really well on the 1/2" barbs. This is why I replaced the short section of hose going to the IC inlet with 1/2" hose to avoid the poor fit & used an oetiker clamp to get the other OEM hose on as tight as possible. If one of the hoses popped off you might not have noticed the water in the hull if you only took it for a quick spin. It's also possible you sucked some trash through the pump strainer & it clogged the line somewhere...most likely at the tee or IC inlet, otherwise you would still have pressure from the OEM hose if it was clogged further upline. I ran agroud once & pushed a snake through the new line from the tee back to make sure it hadn't sucked anything in. This way you don't have to pull the hose out of the boat to check it.

[SHOBiz]

If you now have water coming from the port pisser, you have the hoses connected to the correct thru-hull fittings...the bottom one is the cooling water inlet & the top is for the siphon bilge. The first thing I would check is the tee that sits under the manifold. The stock metric hoses don't fit really well on the 1/2" barbs. This is why I replaced the short section of hose going to the IC inlet with 1/2" hose to avoid the poor fit & used an oetiker clamp to get the other OEM hose on as tight as possible. If one of the hoses popped off you might not have noticed the water in the hull if you only took it for a quick spin. It's also possible you sucked some trash through the pump strainer & it clogged the line somewhere...most likely at the tee or IC inlet, otherwise you would still have pressure from the OEM hose if it was clogged further upline. I ran agroud once & pushed a snake through the new line from the tee back to make sure it hadn't sucked anything in. This way you don't have to pull the hose out of the boat to check it.

Hot damn we think alike
BTW, reversing those hoses, you will bring about 7 gallons of water in pretty quickly.

[mjh3ides]

Hot damn we think alike
BTW, reversing those hoses, you will bring about 7 gallons of water in pretty quickly.

I bet. Don't feel bad, I had a big SNAFU myself last weekend while removing the glue around the ride plate insert before installing a new one. I aint telling what I did, but it involved and air chisel & a small stone in my driveway.

[SHOBiz]

I bet. Don't feel bad, I had a big SNAFU myself last weekend while removing the glue around the ride plate insert before installing a new one. I aint telling what I did, but it involved and air chisel & a small stone in my driveway.

IN Line at bottom of IC is kinked. Now I know what to fix, no biggie

[hitman]

IN Line at bottom of IC is kinked. Now I know what to fix, no biggie

At least you were smart enough to check your pissers and noticed the problem before it became worse.

[dogger]

so I would benefit by doing this mod to my stock ski by adding cooling water to the otherwise crappy stock IC? And it can still be used as the IC is upgraded? Seems like a great diy project after collecting all the pieces at ACE.

[hitman]

My next mod is going to the the R&D engine and intercooler cooling kit. $250 is not that bad for not having to piece everything together myself.

[5001craig]

My next mod is going to the the R&D engine and intercooler cooling kit. $250 is not that bad for not having to piece everything together myself.

My thoughts exactly.

Just have to be able to work through drilling through the hull four times.

[mjh3ides]

My next mod is going to the the R&D engine and intercooler cooling kit. $250 is not that bad for not having to piece everything together myself.

IMO, the price for the new Enigine & IC kit is much more reasonable. When you add up the cost of the thru-hulls, pissers & strainer it adds up to almost $200, not including the hose & other hardware...and you also wouldn't have the exhaust piece that comes in the new kit.

Hopefully, I'll have some time next week to install the rest of the kit & I'll post pics.

[Robert63]

Nice install guide

Very nice install guide I have ordered this myself and was wondering if you could install the second pisser for the intercooler close to the other one on the right side of the watercraft instead of in the back if not is there a reason. Thanks for your help

[superair]

Very nice install guide I have ordered this myself and was wondering if you could install the second pisser for the intercooler close to the other one on the right side of the watercraft instead of in the back if not is there a reason. Thanks for your help

I did this but would not do it again, almost got stuck in the front of the craft. The only way I would do it again is if I had the fuel tank pulled and went in through the engine bay.

Matt

[Robert63]

Ok I ordered the kit for 160$ thinking it had all the things the !30$ kit had plus the valve. pisser and tee for the relief but it does not you also need to order the 130$ for the plate, through hull fittings, hoses and other pisser. I just want everyone to know so they are not as shocked as I was thinking I was getting it all for 160$.