You were crossin a mud hole or something like that and your whole four wheeler got submerged w/o a snorkel but u came out of it or u died and it was still under water....what would happen...would it ruin the engine?

 

Here is my quick story. I was going 70mph down a cranberry marsh and flew off the dyke sideways into the lake/river. My ds650 was about 5 ft under water for about 1 hour. When we pulled it out i took it to my friends, pulled the endcap off, let out all the water and muck. took out the plugs, no water int he engin. Started right up. No studders whatesoever. Although i had a hard time getting the electricals to work right awway. 1 hour is along time!

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ryan

 

I have had my 300ex completly submerged in a lake and in a creek.It died both times.I just pulled the airbox lid off and found the filter to be dry so I fired her and took her home.I changed the oil saturday and it had a little bit of white in it but not enough to be concerned over.My 300ex has been through he&* and back and she still runs like a top.

I think your recon would be the same!


moded out 86trx250r
97 300ex
90 blaster

 

cool...now I won't worry as much as I did before...I am not going to be careless and go drown it purposely though...lol...thanks ya'll.

 

I have found after repeated "waterings" that water will tend to accumulate in the bottom of the fuel tank, (and then into the carb - if you run on "reserve) so you might want to drain a little fluid out of the bottom of your carb as soon as practical. It might be a good idea to run your machine on reserve for a few minutes, let it set for a half hour or so (let the engine cool down), then drain a half cup or more out of the carb... until it drains "good gas". (Please remember to drain ONLY into a container ... Not on the ground)!

 

My Recon has crossed water almost completly covered. The only problem was that water got in the rear end. When I changed the gear oil it was milky. So if you ride in lots of deep water make sure you keep a good check of all your fluids for contamination. We have had the Beartracker completly underwater at which time it died. The airbox was full of water, exhaust was full of water ect. We changed the oil 3 times and the gear oil twice to get rid of the water. At the time of the bath though we stood the bike on its back end to help drain the exhaust took out the air filter and dried it, dried off the spark plug (the outside was wet but the electrode was dry) and turned off the fuel and drained out the carb. It took forever but it finally started.