Hey guys.
I went riding some trails in WI last weekend. Its been raining so there were a lot of water puddles. After hitting the 100th water puddle, it turned out to be a sinkhole waste deep. Needless to say, by the time I got the bike out of it, it sunk up to the seat and took water in the air box, cylinder and crank case.
After almost an hour of emptying water out of cylinder and carburetor I managed to start the bike and rode out to civilization (pushing was not feasible, and airlifting would probably be too expensive )

Long story short, I have changed oil twice and it still looks creamy color.
What do I need to do to take care of the problem properly? Bike runs, I don’t think rings and cylinder are ruined. Its been only 2 days, and I changed oil twice, so I don’t thing things are rusting yet, but your prompt reply would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

You are going to have to keep changing oil till it gets clean. Buy some cheap stuff and get it run through.

 

just what deej said get you some cheap oil and change it and run it, change it and run it till it comes clean might cost you a little in oil but no where near as much as a new motor build.

Good luck to ya

 

I have a four wheeler that I used to take under water often so I have some experience with this. What I do, is drain the oil and poor diesel fuel in the crank case. With the kill switch on so that it won't start, turn the engine over a couple of times to flush the diesel fuel around inside the engine. Drain and refill with fresh oil.

 

i dont think i'd reccomend diesel on wet clutches. it may dissolve the glue holding the friction material to the clutch disks. not positive, but i wouldnt run it in my crankcase

 

Buy the cheapest oil you can find and keep changing it. You might want to consider using one of those stainless steel oil filters ( i know they are controversial ) because the water will break down the oil filter paper.

when I change the oil in my bike I like to lean it side to side a few times to get the pockets of oils caught up in there. Try it and youll see it keeps coming out.

 

Yup, thats what you do.....Ignore opines from posters that do not dunk their bike.

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