Stupid me, water in carbs, I don't think it is that bad.

[Skyboy8950]

So guys,

Getting my tank back today, going to ride but...

When I was syncing my bike up, I hooked a funnel to the gas line to run it. Worked great. I thought I would leave it just in case I needed to do more work on it running. Well, I covered it up with a tarp and left it over night. The next day I come out and take the tarp off. Apparently somehow, lots of water got in the funnel. It was full and not going down. Now this is what I think happened:

Water got in the carb bowls, the floats floated, closed off the ports: no water in the crankcase. True, maybe? Should I oil change? I have NOT ran it since this happened. Oh, and of course, I will drain the carb bowls.

Thanks.

[reddirtrider]

You've inadvertantly discovered an old survival technique used to scavange water.

Drain the carbs, then open the petcock and let some fuel flow with the caps off to force any remaining water out.

[Skyboy8950]

Nice. I have heard that fuel (and probably water) can seep into the engine. I figure the floats worked correctly as the carbs are clean and there was water standing in the funnel.

[reddirtrider]

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Nice. I have heard that fuel (and probably water) can seep into the engine. I figure the floats worked correctly as the carbs are clean and there was water standing in the funnel.

Water condensed under the tarp and was funneled in. Like I said, it's an old survival technique. You were just unfortunate to discover it in this manner.

[mighty13d]

Nice. I have heard that fuel (and probably water) can seep into the engine. I figure the floats worked correctly as the carbs are clean and there was water standing in the funnel.

Yeah, sounds like the floats and needle valves are working fine. Drain it like suggested and run some clean gas through it. If you're worried about it, put a little 'dry gas' in your gas and that will take care of any residual that may not have came out with the flushing.

[Guest]

Drain all the fuel... and just run it on water, Suzuki sells a steam conversion kit

[Nessism]

Edit: several posts above while I was typing - all saying the same thing.

As red stated, I'd pull the float bowl drain screws, drain the gas/water, and turn the petcock to Prime for a short burst to wash things down before reinstalling the drain plugs again. Put it all together and take the bike out for a good blast to make sure all the water gets sucked though the engine.

Good luck,

[Skyboy8950]

Consider it done. Thanks guys!

[mighty13d]

let us know how it turns out!!!