Water in my cylinders, What to do??

[captcolby]

So I got stuck in a river today and somehow got water in my cylinders. I was stuck in water that was just higher than the head. It shut down immediately and got it pulled out in a few minutes. The water never got as high as the air intake. I went to start it up and felt that the engine was turning very hard. I pulled the plugs and as I turned it over lots of water sprayed out of each cylinder.

Can anybody tell me what steps I should take to get the water out and get everything cleaned out and running again??

All info is appreciated

 

[Lefty]

Pull the pipe,plugs & disconnect the efi. Put a tourch in sp holes & pull the rope! When you see no more flame out the wye pipe, reassemble. Have used this method twice. Good luck.....

 

[whitefish]

Get the water out ASAP before rust starts on internal parts like bearings. Once the majority of water is out, verify there is no water in the oil tank. Fire it up and let that baby idle for awhile. Get here warm and rev it up to blow that last bit of water out. Cool her down and do it again to make sure. Now drain you chaincase and refill.

 

[skibreeze]

Wow! The intake system is not sealed water tight! I'd keep pulling it over with the plugs out until no more water comes out. Probably need to roll it upside down and pull it over as well and then get it running again. You want to get it hot so it will dry out.

 

[Freeride1]

Like said earlier, pull plugs, remove pipe and pull it over and over. Give it a few shot of wd 40 to get the water out a little faster. Dump any water out of pipe then reinstall. Give it a shot of your favorite starting fluid or brake cleaner in the spark plug hole then put in 2 new plugs and give it a rip. If it doesn't fire up after a few puls pull the plugs dry them off and give it some more starting fluid. Repeat until it runs. let it idle until warm but you really want to run the motor under a load to blow the moisture out of the crank bearings. 10 minutes of running under a load is reccomended. I sink a lot of jet skis and dirtbikes, this method has been tested a lot.

 

[Skeld]

I've never done it myself, but 2 stroke dirt bikes are pretty tolerant of being drowned as long as you didn't let it grab a big gulp of water while still running and hydrolocked it. With bikes they usually turn them upside down with the spark plug out. And also on end to get it out the exhaust. Easier said than done with a sled though.

 

[BuffaloRMK]

If you have trouble clearing the water by pulling the plugs and pulling it over you may have to drain the crankcase. There is a drain plug on the bottom of the engine but I don't know how accessible it is. I sunk my M7 and had to do this to get her goin again. As said above do it ASAP and get it dryed out. I got mine running again and ran for 5+ years after without any issues...

 

[captcolby]

So I got the plugs out and the exhaust off. Seems like all the water is out, but I was hoping to pull the plug on the crank case, but I can't find it. Anybody know where it is on a 2011 800 Pro RMK?? Thanks to all of you for the info.

 

[RHODESIE]

case plugs

without yanking the engine those plugs are not easy to get at. You could pull the reeds and use something with a small hose and suck the cases out. I would premix a couple tanks of fuel when you start riding again.

 

[F-Bomb]

do exactly as free ride says...exactly and do it tonight if that sits with water in the bottom end you get rust and your bearings are toast....it will work all of the water out as the motor runs once you get going....the combo of your oil mix will relube and you'll be fine...also not a bad idea to then try to get all your electrical components dried out in the shop.

tip that thing as far on it's nose as possible after pulling the Y and pipe...plugs out and pull it over as many times as you can to pump out the water...fire it up and let it run quite a bit to insure it's all worked out of the bottom end.

we sunk a pro ...got the gunk sand and crap out along with what seemed like gallons of water out the engine..fired it up and away it went and TO THIS DAY IT STILL RUNS GOOD (there was even gravel in the Y pipe and pull start/fly wheel housing and this thing ran under water until it died)

 

[captcolby]

Thanks to all of you guys! Just took it out for a run. Ran like a top!

 

[ak]

What river did you fall in around Seward? I live there also.

 

[theultrarider]

What river did you fall in around Seward? I live there also.

Snow/Nellie??? Tip, lay a bead of silcone where the belly meets the bulkhead. Mine had about a 1/4" gap there and my clutches would get wet and slip the second I got near water. Spooky since I love to go up in the "water skipping drainage".

 

[AKSNOWRIDER]

if you ride nellie..you will get water..just a matter of time...I have....lol

 

[jwhkustoms]

Pro water skipping

This is how I had to drain my crankcase on my Pro. I couldn't find the drain plugs. My sled decided to start running on one cylinder half way across the cut. Someone told me there is a certain sensor that shuts the sled down when it feels to much vibration? It sounds weird to me but my Pro has shut downon me a couple of times at wide open throtle now.
Anyways I had it running it under an hour.