Washing salt off engine.

I ride salt. I always flush with the flush kit using salt away / water mix. You should do this after every ride if riding in salt.

I've never sprayed anything inside the hull other than fluid film when I first got my ski.

Water has never gotten inside it so I'm never going to spray inside it .

When you take the top off I'd fill up a bucket of salt away and wipe everything down after letting it sit for a little while and dry everything then spray a thin even film of fluid film all over everything to protect it. However if your hull isn't taking on water you shouldn't need to.

I know with other skis its normal protocol to take the seat off and spray the insides down but the spark is different. Some people do it anyway. I just see no point in wetting down an area that has never gotten wet.

( after every ride no water comes out of the drain plug and when looking inside with a flash light all looks bone dry ) - just shiny from the fluid film.

good luck

I ride in the salt all the time and have done so for 24 years. Here are my thoughts.

Thoroughly rinse your ski inside and out EVERY TIME YOU USE IT IN THE SALT.

First, sparks are built differently. I recommend taking the deck off before it's first use. Spray a corrosion protector over everything. Your dealer could do that for you if your not mechanically inclined. It doesn't take long. I use silicone spray. They do keep fairly dry but you can't see if you what you can't see.

Then every time it goes near salt rinse it down. That means inside the engine compartment. I use a wand type attachment on the garden hose so that I can get to everything under the deck. It can spray at an angle so that helps too. The sea doo video doesn't cut the mustard by a long way. You need a good rinse in there. Not really high pressure but enough to bounce of the inside of the hull and rinse everything. It's a jetski it's made to get wet. Now flush the exhaust , engine running before and after. Open the drain bung and let it out. Note that to much angle on the trailer will cause all the water to run to the back and not out. It seems that if the top of the side rail it level that's about right. There will probably still be a bit of water in there, lots of skis are the same. So if your putting it away for awhile sponge it out. Now leave the engine hatch and oil filler cover cap off so it can dry off. That all takes less than 5 minutes.


Every now and then take the deck off and check, clean and re silicone every thing.

Cleaning is the most important maintenance you can do for your ski. I have a ski that's had 10 years of surf riding that looks like new under the hood.