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drowned out my rubicon need a little help
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:43 pm
by SFDdelta1
When I crank it runs ruff. I have put seafoam in the gas. No oil in the water. I have pulled the air filter.
It also acts like it has alot of pressure. Then I pull the spark plug and turn it over and put it back in and cranks and runs ruff and then will not turn over. Repeat the last process and it works.
Also I do have a bill of sale from honda of forrest city for the 4 wheeler.
anyone got any advice?
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Re: drowned out my rubicon need a little help
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:51 pm
by H20fowlkiller
some of the guys i know that go all over to mud bogs and such say the best thing to do when one drowns out is go get alot of cheep oil (they say it has alot more bleech when its cheep not sure) and drain the current oil fill it up, crank it run for a few seconds then drain, repeat this process several times and fill up with whatever oil you regularly use and go off.
Re: drowned out my rubicon need a little help
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:14 am
by hootnhollar
SFDdelta1 wrote: No oil in the water.
there's your first problem

You are supposed to put oil back in it not water

j/k
What H2O said is pretty accurate. You may want to log on the highlifter forums and ask in the Honda section.
http://www.highlifter.com/forum/
Re: drowned out my rubicon need a little help
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:19 am
by MudHog
Drain and flush with oil as mentioned. I've already pulled the plug and filled the crankcase with diesel and spun her over like that, just to get the parts moving. Then filled and flushed with oil a few more times.
Check your plugs cap, might have water in it that is causing a spark problem. Check your coil as it may have water in it too. Some die electric grease in the plug boot will aid in getting a spark to the plug if water is in the boot. For the coil, find a small fan and try to get it dried by passing air over it. I wouldn't get an airhose unless you have the pressure regulartor and turn the psi down to very minimal. You don't want to force the water deeper into the coil with high pressure air.
Re: drowned out my rubicon need a little help
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:50 am
by duckchur1
drain the bowl of the carbuerator. You still have a little water pooling in there that is mixing with gas causing your wheeler to run rough. If you don't have any water in your oil then you are good to go.
Re: drowned out my rubicon need a little help
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:02 am
by GrizwalD
duckchur1 wrote:drain the bowl of the carbuerator. You still have a little water pooling in there that is mixing with gas causing your wheeler to run rough. If you don't have any water in your oil then you are good to go.
+1 this should fix it right up everytime you give it gas your picking up water off the bottom of the bowl if this does not help you may have to take the bowl off and pull out both jets and make sure its not a piece of trash stuck in them but either way if you do these things it should be fine
Re: drowned out my rubicon need a little help
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:02 am
by deltadukman
Take your bike and put the back rack on the ground and the front tires straight up in the air. Let it train for a little while.
Or your could always call State Farm and tell them it was a result of that kid hitting your bike.
Re: drowned out my rubicon need a little help
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:17 am
by Jelly
deltadukman wrote:
Or your could always call State Farm and tell them it was a result of that kid hitting your bike.
Now that's funny! I don't think he wants to go thru that again
Re: drowned out my rubicon need a little help
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:13 am
by MemphisStockBroker
Dude, you are hell on a 4-wheeler !
Re: drowned out my rubicon need a little help
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:21 pm
by jdbuckshot
i'll give you $100.00 bucks for it!
Re: drowned out my rubicon need a little help
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:12 pm
by Faithful Retrievers
jdbuckshot wrote:i'll give you $100.00 bucks for it!
Put it in the mail and he will have it delivered right to your front door.
Watch that oil bet after a couple cycles you'll see it if you got in gas or carb. I have seen this when carb has been taken apart and put back together. Jet stuck WFO.
Re: drowned out my rubicon need a little help
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:49 pm
by SFDdelta1
MemphisStockBroker wrote:Dude, you are hell on a 4-wheeler !
i was not even on it ....... will not mention who but they are on here
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Re: drowned out my rubicon need a little help
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:22 am
by Doc & Nash
I hope they gave you a large amount of vaseline when you joined that club. With every thing that has happened to you this year I would believe it is safe to say you have been rode hard and put away dry.....
Re: drowned out my rubicon need a little help
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:56 pm
by farmerc83
I'd be leaving my wheeler on the trailer from now on unless my @$$ is on it.
Re: drowned out my rubicon need a little help
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:07 pm
by SFDdelta1
was not his fault. Myself and 2 other 4 wheelers had been in there the day before. I think some water just splashed into the box
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