Well, I expect to be called stupid on this one =0. About 2 weeks ago I went riding with some buddys with my 06 Ozark, Right before we headed out I had got my bottom skid plate, I decided to put it on, got the quad on a flat spot, locked the brake and tipped her up.
Before doing this tho, I reached over the seat and turned the fuel valve to res(or so I thought) got the skid bolted on and loaded it up.
I had noticed after going riding that time, some days it wouldnt turn right over, after a few seconds it would start and run fine, I just shruged it off. Well tonight I went to wash it and noticed the *** was in the "pri" position, Right then I thought f*** I bet ive screwed my motor, I took the dipstick out and sure enough, I could smell gas. I started it right after I smelt the gas and it just chuged and chuged I gave it a little more throttle and it just died, so I changed the oil and decided to head in for the night,(pissed off) im waiting till tommoro to start her up. My point is, Do yall think it damaged the engine, should I be concerned about engine life now, Maybe im just being paronoid, I would just hate to see my new ozark have a blown engine, Thanks for any responces

 

i dont know but i borrowed my dads ltf 250 and just relized i had done the same thing to mount a plow kit at the end of summer been plowing all winter and was acting funny, was gonna adjust valves opened cap oil mixed with fuel came out. asked ?s nobody answered . now you just solved my problem changing his oil tomorrow and im betting yours was starting to run real rich no? hopefully we will both be ok. i better just mount plow to my 2 stroke lol then i wont be asking this crap.good luck. btw ive been riding his like this for 2 months about 40 hours total.

 

Well maybe [this is just a guess...] the gas could of just burned up when it went around the spark... and if you maybe change your oil, run it for an hour or so, and change your oil completely [filter and everything] then you should be good to go. I'm not for sure... but it seems like a good plausibility.

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Well you cant change the past. Like Baseball said, change your oil. I would also take the spark plug and oil plug out. Let it air out for a couple of days with them out, add new oil and it should be o.k.

 

Welcome to the forums...If you didn't go hard core riding on the Ozark you should be fine and some of the oil might have ran out of the carb and onto the engine making it seem like there was gas in the oil...There shouldn't be anything to worry about and just make sure you don't put the petcock on pri again because it is for cold starts only and shouldn't be ran using pri...Don't sweet the small things the Ozark has a great powerplant and just ride it and have fun.

 

Thanks for the reply's! =). I did take the spark plug out this morning before heading to work, so hopefully when I get back it will start up and run fine. And Bombrider I didnt ride her to rough since I put it on prime mabye about 4 miles on it, so like you said Im sure its fine just didnt want to ride it until I got that tainted oil out.

 

I understand, well let me know how she works out for ya.

 

fixed my problem thank you for helping me too on accident lol. fresh oil and filter idles great no hesitation my oil was like water with all the gas.