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How to get water out of an atv engine or carb?
So, i have a 125cc quad, its a chinese knockoff so you cant google it, anyway i went throught a big puddleand after that it died, so i pushed it home and i started it it ran fine but it died after i revved it, i took of my air filter and saw it was soaked, so i used my other dry one, seems better but engine still didnt rev, so i started it and tried again and i noticed if i give it throttle and it starts bogging out i can let go and try again and it will be good for 10 seconds, so im pretty sure because the air filter was wet, i have water in my engine im 15, but im pretty skilled, i dont mind taking the carb or engine apart i just prefer not to, but i dont know if theres water in the carb float bowl or in the engine, if you guys had this problem, please tell me what you did, i hear to take my oil dipstick out and see if theres a milky substance, i did and i didnt see any but the oil had about 50 bubbles in it when i did it, any help would be appreasheated
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- ?Lv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
Maybe just try drying off the HT cables and spark plug, if you were just in a puddle.
Years ago I dropped my bike in a reservoir so it was completely immersed for several minutes. I can't remember now exactly what I did but I lifted it out with a surge of adrenaline and then had to empty water out of the fuel tank and crank-case and change the oil. I think it ran as soon as I put gas in it - there was none left by the time I'd got rid of the water.
If there's water in the carb, just take off the float bowl and make sure not to lose any small bits.
- Anonymous7 years ago
Just start it and run it until it clears, I have a 71 Honda CB 750 chopper with velocity stacks that has been no fun in the rain as the water gets sucked right into the carbs! I just rev it and dont let it die. Once Im at my destination I just run it and rev [not past half throttle!] and keep it running until it clears. Never a big deal.
- Candid ChrisLv 77 years ago
It's a combo effect, a fouled filter, a flooded engine, wet ignition wires and maybe water in the exhaust.
Shouldn't be any need to tear into things.
You have the air-filter problem solved (hopefully) so blow-dry the ignition connections and try again. (check the exhaust too).
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