me and my boy "Jakeblazer" were out for a ride this weekend and i hit a really deep pool in the creek and all was fine till the little one headed for higher ground and sank the front end so how many oil changes do i need to do before its ready to ride? so far i have drained the oil and water from the engine refilled the oil and changed the oil filter ran it 30 minutes and drained it back out it is now sitting in the garage with all the plugs out drying out some more i plan to add oil back tomorrow. now do i need to change the oil filter over and over again or is the new one fine also how will i tell if all the water is drained out? i would rather have it right but it costs about $18.00 an oil change including filter...

 

you have to do it as many times as it takes to have clean oil w/out the milky color. i would use cheap oil to run thru it until its clean. i wouldnt run it 30 minutes the first time. i aslo wouldnt leave it w/out oil in it as it would rust the bearing. my slef i would run a couple qts of kerosen in it to get the water out if you got alot in it. i mean just start it up and let it idel for a couple of minutes then drain. just a thought.

 

Oh sure, blame it on the little one.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
The fact that you drained everything right away, you'll fine. Every motor has moisture in it from the natural heating and cooling down.
Keep an eye on the oil for any "milkiness" color and then change it again.

 

Oh sure, blame it on the little one.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
The fact that you drained it right away, you'll be fine. Every motor has moisture in it from heating and cooling down. keep an eye on the oil for a "milkiness" color and then change it again.

 

Which one did you sink.........The predator 50 or the sawtooth????.........Caper.........

 

oh sure, blame it on the little one.:0
Since you changed it right away, you'll be fine. Every motor has moisture in it fromheating and cooling down.
Keep an eye on the oil for any milkiness color and change it again

 

whats up w/all these double and more post??? are people having issues w/ the site or what?

 

sorry about that
it said it had an error and never showed up
I kept typing to try and help
not my fault

 

once again it says "ftarg_userid" and won't let me talk to a moderator but later my post shows up
so, yes, I'm having an issue with the forum but it's just this thread
I'll stop now

 

it was the sportsman 500 and i did it last night but i drained it tonight. also my dealer mech told me to run it for about 15-20 min thats prob more accurate i dont have any kerosene i do have some regular 5w-30 oil should i use it? i wasnent going to because of the whole going between regular and synthetic thing. also what about the oil filter?
could i drain it and run this 5w-30 through the engine and let it sit over night then put fresh synthetic and filter in tomorrow?