Both me and my brother-in-law have '00 Recons. This quad is a really good quad all around except going through water. Both of them die and seem to drown out when hitting really shallow water with any speed. I can't figure it out because the snorkel is way up high by the gas tank. I don'y see any water in the air box. It will take forever to get them started and even longer before they will stay started. Could it be something else getting wet? Again we're not talking any deep water. Just enough to splash.
thanks

 

Put some i think its called deeletrical grease on the spark plug. Then little 250 quads are so much fun. I have a 92 t wolve i wouldnt sell it for anything. it was my first atv. And i havent had any trouble but that thing has been ripped on bad.

 

its probably the cold water hitting the hot engine, it happens to me all the time.

 

I just read about this in one of the Quad mags. You need to put some silicon sealent of some type on the rubber grommet where the throttle cable goes into the carb. They said water gets in there and causes the problem. No experience with the problem just writing what I read.

Nocando

 

hey i had the same problem and alll i did was there is these tubes that run from the carb i think the longest one its like a thing for air or somethin just rerought it up higher like under the plastic by the gas insert thing just make sure all the tubes are above the carb thats what i did never did that thing in the water again