I put about 400 miles on my KLX, mostly highway and open fields, a few dirt piles.. but no real offroad. until this weekend.

Finally got it out in a real off road anvironment... and it was great. really my first time riding an off road bike at all... (i have 10 years on sport bikes, i know i am going backwards, but its to cold to ride the rockets now, so i can bundle up and ride the KLX now)

spent about 4 hours just running some very difficult trails.

Hit the last trail and:



the quad riding with me stopped on the side trail... i could hit him or try to run that water hole... i tried. boy did i try... about half way through lost the front wheel and she ended up on her side (as did i).

when i jumped up (the water was cold, i jumped), about the only thing not under water was the left handgrip. I grabbed it and picked it up as soon as i could.... but of course, it was to late. it hasn't started since.

i have pulled the plug out and cleaned out the airbox. (it was full... drain tube got clogged). it cranks just fine, but just will not start....

i have not tested to see if the spark is firing, that is on my list for tomorrow... it was recommended that i drain the carb... how do i do that? is there a screw to remove?

help a newbie out....

(most of my sportbike experience is on fuel injected bikes, i have no idea how to work a carb... excuse my ignorance)

 

There is an allen screw on the bottom of the carburetor bowl. This is the drain bolt. Do not use a ball end allen as this bolt is very tight and you don't want to strip it.
The gas will drain out of a small black hose under the bike.

I would drain gas can fuel also if water intrusion is suspect, but not thru the carb. Syphon bulk of fuel and then strip remainder by removing hose to petco, pet co petco cant spell the word no matter how hard I try

the reserve Switch lever. Once Dry replace hose and tension ring, close fuel mode selector lever add gass. Open fuel selector, once the clean fuel starts flowing thru the drain hose close the drain bolt for 5 to ten seconds and drain the bowl again until clean.... if you are using a glass jar you can see if there is any debris . If clean close drain. and give it a go..


You already said you pumped out the water out of the engine..and all that jaz check the filter you know the drill

 

Tony can probably answer this better than I can since the same thing happened to him on Saturday. You have done the right things so far, and when you open up the drain on the carb it will come out one of the tubes under the bike. Make sure to completely drain the crank oil and flush it out at least three times. Tony said he did this 6 times and it still made the oil milky. Good luck on that one, I hope it never happens to me.

 

ever think that something is wrong with the electronics on the bike? the cdi maybe.... just throwing it out there... i really dont know.. but i do know is that i wouldnt want that to happen to me..... that sucks man...

 

dont forget to change the oil and filter

 

If you intend to continue riding through such deep water, I might add you want to do the "T" mod on the bike.

 

My friend did the same thing on saturday with his DRZ400. He flew into this puddle he was never in before and it was too deep and he fell over. I watched him and the bike go under water. But he had the bike up in a couple seconds and some how it started right up after he pushed it out.

 

im sure if you only let it submerge for a few seconds the water wont have time to get into the air box and all the way into the motor.... im guessing..... never wanna find out....

 

IT LIVES

thanks to you guys...

here's the deal... it was only under water for a few seconds.. maybe 20.

i drained the gas and the bowl thing on the carb (you have to pull the header to get to it.. i wish i had a different exhaust, i would have changed it already).

and i changed the oil. FOUR TIMES. and it needs changed more.

upon initial drain of the oil.... nearly 2 gallons came out. Gallons. not quarts. Gallons. of course it wouldn;t call it oil... it was a white sludge. lumpy too.

rana qaurt of clean oil through it and more sludge came out. filled it, ran it, drained it, filled it, ran it, drained it. etc.

runs ok now. won;t keep on idle, but i think that has to do with the fact that it has sludged back up and i ran out of clean oil. will have the oil changed another fea times tomorrow.

here's a bit of info for you... the lowest tube in the airbox is the one that feeds the crankcase vent. which means water in your airbox goes to the crankcase first.

nice huh?

i also wish i had an aluminum plate on hand to get rid of the smog stuff. have removed that from a few RC51s with great success, system seems very similar.

 

Nice, you will be back on the road soon.....


Francis