NEWBY to boating / Forum -2003 Sea Doo Bombadier 4 tec 4 stroke Jet boat-Engine hatch opening issue

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Your loss of thrust is more than likely due to cavitation from sucking up the weeds. As stated above, cavitation results in loss of pump pressure which means that there’s no thrust as well as no water supplied to the engine and exhaust for cooling.