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Carb Filled With Water

Post by hambone » Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:13 pm

1600 type1 with dual kadrons, one carb is up to it's ears in water. Whattya think, the head have to come off?
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Re: Carb Filled With Water

Post by Hippie » Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:28 pm

How long has it been sitting like that? I've pulled drowned motorcycles around to pump out the water, but not after sitting.
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Post by hambone » Sun Jan 16, 2011 5:34 pm

It's only been a couple weeks.
What about pulling the carb, plugs, and oil drain plug and cranking the engine?
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Post by Amskeptic » Sun Jan 16, 2011 6:13 pm

hambone wrote:It's only been a couple weeks.
What about pulling the carb, plugs, and oil drain plug and cranking the engine?
Yes. Don't crank until new oil is in. HEY, just covering all bases.
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Post by hambone » Sun Jan 16, 2011 6:25 pm

Thanks Colin. Then replace the oil again? I'd imagine so.
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Post by Amskeptic » Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:46 pm

hambone wrote:Thanks Colin. Then replace the oil again? I'd imagine so.
Depends on what you see in the first drain. If it comes out like . . . oil, well, let the new oil tell you how long it wants to work. BUT. If it looks like Kiltguy's blown-up vanilla milkshake with chunks o real engine, well, I'd change the oil after less than 20 minutes.
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Post by vdubyah73 » Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:41 am

quick and dirty. See if engine turns by hand. You don't have to rotate the thing much just see if it is free. Change oil. Pop the top off the carb and remove water from the bowl. clean carb in place, using a can of carb cleaner. use the straw for the drillings. Put carb back together, clean plugs. see if it fires up. after it runs, if the oil looks ok take a good long ride to build some heat up, that will steam off any remaining moisture.

If it's a beetle the rain will come through the decklid vents and land right on top of the aircleaner. the cheap tin lid dimples when tightened forming a birdbath. The sealing washer under the wingnut or nut is long gone so the water just runs down the filter stud into the carb. Had it happen to my Beetle one Christmas day. poured rain all day. temps plummeted that night. My engine had ice in the cylinder. I put a 500 watt halogen work light right under my engine and went to work, took all day to thaw it out. No harm done.
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Post by bajaman72 » Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:37 pm

I got water (not sure how much) in my carbs when hosing off the engine in my baja. It wouldnt crank at first. After waiting a while it did finally turn over and start. I changed the "gray" oil with some fresh stuff and was on my way.
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Post by hambone » Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:50 pm

Thanks guys.
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