So, I took my 2002 Kawasaki 1100 ZXi out today for some fun, but I left the hose plug off in the engine compartment. I had been running it around for a few hours, and noticed that it was having trouble accelerating. I would hold down the throttle full on, and I would get only 1/3 of, if that, of the motor's power. It would gradually get better as I let it go, but I'm not sure why this was. When I pulled it in, I unplugged the hull and a huge stream of water came out. I would assume the thing was taking on water with the plug open on the clean out hose. I drained the water and started it back up out of the water. It seemed fine after that.
My question is, with the plug open like that, and all the water in the hull, could that have caused my performance issues? If so, should it run better next time I take it out? It was running like it just wasn't getting a lot of gas, and would die a lot.
Thanks in advance.
My question is, with the plug open like that, and all the water in the hull, could that have caused my performance issues? If so, should it run better next time I take it out? It was running like it just wasn't getting a lot of gas, and would die a lot.
Thanks in advance.