Yamaha Ran without Drain Plugs in

Hello, I recently bought 2 Yamaha Waverunner GP800R jet skis. I took
them out for around 3 and a half hours a few days after I bought them
with some friends. It wasn't until I was washing the salt water off
that I had noticed both drain plugs out on only one of the jet skis. I
took off the cover to see maybe 3-4 inches of water beneath the engine.
It looks like the engine was raised enough not to come in contact with
the salt water. I quickly took many towels and soaked all of the water
out until none was to be seen at the bottom of the engine compartment.
My other jet ski started up normally. I flushed all of the salt water
out and then put the drain plugs back in. I then charged the battery to
test to see if the jet ski that was left without drain plugs would
start. I proceeded to start the jet ski and after numerous attempts it
would sound like it was trying hard to start but never could. I know
its not the battery because it charged fine. I'm leaving it out in the
sun to dry currently and need some advice. Could the spark plugs
possibly have gotten wet? A small amount of water may have dripped onto
spark plugs when I was removing it with the towels. I see there is
rubber protecting the spark plugs. Do they get wet easily even if only
a small amount of water drips onto the protective rubber? Any advice is
greatly appreciated and servicing them is at the bottom of my list.
Thanks a lot.


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Scope81
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> Hello, I recently bought 2 Yamaha Waverunner GP800R jet skis. I took
> them out for around 3 and a half hours a few days after I bought them
> with some friends. It wasn't until I was washing the salt water off
> that I had noticed both drain plugs out on only one of the jet skis. I
> took off the cover to see maybe 3-4 inches of water beneath the engine.
> It looks like the engine was raised enough not to come in contact with
> the salt water. I quickly took many towels and soaked all of the water
> out until none was to be seen at the bottom of the engine compartment.
> My other jet ski started up normally. I flushed all of the salt water
> out and then put the drain plugs back in. I then charged the battery to
> test to see if the jet ski that was left without drain plugs would
> start. I proceeded to start the jet ski and after numerous attempts it
> would sound like it was trying hard to start but never could. I know
> its not the battery because it charged fine. I'm leaving it out in the
> sun to dry currently and need some advice. Could the spark plugs
> possibly have gotten wet? A small amount of water may have dripped onto
> spark plugs when I was removing it with the towels. I see there is
> rubber protecting the spark plugs. Do they get wet easily even if only
> a small amount of water drips onto the protective rubber? Any advice is
> greatly appreciated and servicing them is at the bottom of my list.
> Thanks a lot.
>
>
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> Scope81
> Message Origin: TRAVEL.com
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Bummer dude! I have almost forgotten to put my drain plugs in more than
once. So did it start the next day? It should have.... let me know. Sorry
I don't read this group since it is so full of spam now.