Bought my first watercraft: Kawasaki Ultra LX (1500cc)
Bought this machine in Vegas last week, We spent ~2-3 hours in Meade checking it out with no issues. Water was choppy, so we never got above 40-45mph.
Today, we took it to Utah Lake. I took it out first, got up to about 35mph (real choppy today), no issues.
I made the real mistake of letting my son take it out solo. He was gone a good 90 minutes. He came back and beached it. The wife and I decided to take it out. Not 500' after leaving the no wake zone, we knew something was wrong. I couldn't get above 20mph and it felt like it was misfiring. A few minutes later, we got the OILH (engine oil hot); shut it down a minute, them limped back to the dock. We loaded it back up on the trailer and went home.
Spark plugs only had ~3 hours on them, but I replaced anyway. I check the oil while hot and it seemed low. Once home, I connected the hose, fired it up, added oil until it was at the appropriate level, but on land, no way to know if just a low engine oil issue (doubtful).
So, either my kid overdid it at WOT or he ingested something into the intake causing a blockage in either air or water flow.
Anybody have insight on this issue?