General Chat

Shade is right on this one.   It's not the water that does the damage, it's the crap/sediment in the water that screws you up.   Depending on where you sink it, you might get by with a flush, or you might ruin your engine.   I've sunk one of my Foremans here in Mississippi River bottoms where the mud is gumbo, which is a slick clayish mud, and I changed the oil 3-4 times and noticed no ill effects.   That said, I had an extra engine ready to go into that bike, so I took a chance on it.   I've sunk a Foreman in South Arkansas where they have that red dirt that is more of a sandy clay, and not only did it eat two top ends, but also my crank.   After it started smoking I pulled the top end, AND the front and rear covers of the engine, and hosed it out as best I could from top and either end, then reinstalled front and rear covers and new top end.  Didn't last 500 miles before it was smoking again.  Pulled the engine and tore it all the way down and the connecting rod and new top end were ruined, and I found grit all up in the nicks and crannies of the inner crankcases.   So, if you sink one, the cheap, but not easy way out is to not crank the engine after sinking, immediately take it hope, and completely disassemble the engine and clean it till you can eat out of it.  That means splitting cases and cleaning EVERYTHING out, then reassemble. The easy way out that usually doesn't end up being cheap, is to flush the engine with diesel or multiple oil changes, and then cross your fingers and hope that the water in your engine didn't have a lot of grit in it.   If you aren't lucky, plan on doing that full engine tear down mentioned in the "cheap but not easy" method, along with paying for a new top end and probably a crank rebuild.   You also make sure you don't try to crank it with water in the cylinder, even if your oil stays clean.  Instant bent/ ruined connecting rod.

Nope..never watched it 🙅‍♂️. I did "PVR" which is new to me in the past few years the old Star Trek Monday & since Wednesday been taping all the Mecum Auctions. 

Sorry what I meant to say is it only cost $10.40 to send just the circuit card in a USPS priority mail small flat rate box I will send my contact information to your message box if you’d like to look into a repair as well -AKATV 

lol..they come cheap sometimes..but in the end...the cost adds up fast !..lol.

Sounds fine to me. Looks like you made plenty of people happy here.