Engine compartment foam disintegrated

[KapnKrunch]

99 sugar sand jet boat I bought last year. Runs well other than a bit cold blooded after sitting a while with the fuel enrichment setup. Compression is good.

I noticed after I bought it that the foam in the engine compartment was coming off. When I went to grab it the foam disintegrated to a fine powder. The entire inside of the compartment was like that with much already missing. My question is do I need to worry about the ingestion of the foam from before I cleaned it out? I know little can be done now but I wonder if anyone has had similar issues? Will it just get burned and no big deal?

Sometimes I think it would be nice if there was a pre-filter on these intakes for such a scenario.

 

[Billtex2000]

I got a few cans of black Plasti-dip spray and gave mine a few heavy coats. It holds the foam together and eliminates the "dust" and particles that slough off.

 

[johhnyboat]

I was installing a SS scupper valve and adding a bilge pump in the bilge area yesterday and I had the same thing happen, it completely turned to dust when I touched it. I vacuumed it all up and I'm adding back waterproof foam insulation material. You would think Yamaha would use a material that would last longer then 3 years.