I put my 2001 kodiak into some pretty deep water over the weekend (over the handlebars). It took two hours to get it out because the ice was six inches thick everywhere except where I fell through.

I drained the engine oil (4 times), changed the differential oil front and rear. Cleaned the air cleaner and took off the drain caps on the V belt plastic intake housing.

Problem is, on idle the four-wheeler will move but as soon as I give it any throttle at all, it seems like the transmissions or belt starts to slip both in drive and reverse. Putting it into four wheel drive does not help. Could there be water somplace I have not drained causing the belt to get wet and slip?

Any help would be great

 

You said you drained the intake housing, do you mean the one under the front rack. if so you still need to drain the housing around the belt itself. You can either stand the quad on its rear rack and the water will come out the rear vent or there is a drain bolt on the bottom(12mm socket) that will also do the trick.

 

BlueKodiak~

Thanks for the great information. Are these the words of experience talking? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

SilverBear

 

I drained it out last night and that was the cause of the problem. Running like it used to. I just hope the water in the engine did not hurt anything.

Thanks for the information

 

Silverbear- Fortunately I have never had to do this myself but have a couple buddies who havent been so lucky.

Cornwalker- Glad it worked out. The other thing to keep in mind if it was really muddy water you took on its not a bad idea to pull the belt housing cover off and clean out any remaining crap. All that grit will shorten the life of your belt. If you went thru ice it was probably clean water. As for the engine if you changed the oil 4 times you should be okay, just keep checking to make sure its not milky. We lost a suzuki 500 thru the ice into about 5 feet of water a couple weeks back, took 6 oil changes to clean up the engine.

 

BlueKodiak~

I'm glad to hear that you haven't had to do that yourself. But, your information is very helpful, because one never knows when an accident can happen. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

If you don't mind me asking, what are you running for tires on your Kodiak?

SilverBear

 

I am curious what type of tires I could go to that would offer more lift for my Kodiak. I am a Crop Consultant and the limiting factor for using my kodiak is that I break the corn off when it gets bigger. I would like to get some extra lift (3"-5&quot would be great. Any ideas?

 

I have 26 inch mudbugs on my Kodiak. I went with the 10inch wide all the way around. So far no complaints, its been a good tire for our terrain.

If you are looking for more ground clearance check out the AG tires at Itptires.com.

http://www.itptires.com/agkits.html

 

Bluekodiak~

Thanks...do you think you could fit 27" on the Kodiak without a lift kit?

SilverBear

 

Silverbear- A guy I work with has 27 inch mudbugs on his Kodiak, and I see on the forums there are others. He says they dont rub but I am not buying it. my 26's rub when I turn hard either way.