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I drowned my K5

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littlewing78:
I went riding this weekend and tipped over in a three foot deep puddle.  The bike was completely under water.  I pulled it out as fast as I could but it was too late.  The cylinder was full of water and locked up.  I took out the plug and turned the bike upside down and cranked it over till it stopped squirting water out.  Then drained the bowl of the carb.   It took a lot of kicking but I got it running again.  I was in a place that only bikes can access so riding out really was the only option.  The bike ran just as good as always but just a bit louder.  I think it was louder because the packing in the silencer was soaked.  I rode for a couple more hours with no problems at all.  I am just curious if there is anything I might need to check after something like this.  Thanks.

littlewing78:
I just drained my oil and does not even look like oil anymore.  Very light gray color.  That may take a few oil changes to clean out.

sandblaster:
I did the same thing many years ago.
I turned the bike completely upside down to get all the water from the pipe :-)
Finally got it started and rode 12 miles back to my truck.
Got it home, changed the grey ooze (oil) and rode it for many years afterward.
I would not recommend this as a normal cleaning method  :-D

kaw rider:
take your flywheel cover off and blow out with compressed air. try and find some boat fogging oil. flush out your whole fuel system.

snoopjonnyjon:
I completely submerged my bike last fall. I was worried about sand in the bottom end, so I disassembled the engine, but everything checked out fine. All I would have needed to do was clean the carb, new oil in trans, repack the silencer, and give it a fresh spark plug.

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