grrrrrrrrr I'm grumpy....

[cowpoos]

okaies.......had one of my part timers clean my KLX so I could take it in for a service to day....and it seems the twat got water down the muffler and now bike won't start....I needs some tricks or tips to get the bastards to run!!!!!!!

[WRT]

Just point your gun at him, that'll get him running. As he well should, stuffing your bike like that.

[Colapop]

You one o' those rotating milking sheds? You could just put it in there and set it to high spin....

[WRT]

Or plug the milking machine into the muffler . . .

[nudemetalz]

do you need tips or tricks to get the KLX to run or your part-timers to run,..'cause if it's the later, just go to TAD Waiouru and borrow a GPMG...good lot of machine-gun bullets will do the trick....

[bugjuice]

pick the bike up and shake it around a bit..
or drill a hole in the bottom for it to drain out of..
or take the pipe off and tip it out..
which ever you can't be arsed to do

[merv]

Stand it up on end and drain the water back out the muffler. If you can kick it over then its OK the cylinder hasn't got full of water and I presume the usual problem that kills dirt bikes won't apply and that is water soaked aircleaner which occurs when you drown them in a river and that usually leads to water in the carburettor.

So I'm guessing you have it easy if it turns over with no need to drain carb or strip anything else. If it won't go on kick (or electric) start then get someone to tow you with another bike and drop the clutch in about 2nd or 3rd gear and tow it until it goes because that will blow the remaining water out of the pipe.

[imdying]

Probably find the water in the muffler isn't the trouble, it'll be water in the leccy bits. Give it some time to dry, maybe help it with a rag all you can, it should come right. Has it got in around the spark plug perhaps?

[Ixion]

This is easy. It just needs pushing a long long long way , in gear. A good many miles. Preferably, on a warm day. I'm sure you can find a suitable person to delegate that atsk to (on his own time of course)

[kiwisfly]

CRC the fecker to bits. If that dosnt work at least it'll be nice & slippery & a cheap date!

[speights_bud]

okaies.......had one of my part timers clean my KLX so I could take it in for a service to day....and it seems the twat got water down the muffler and now bike won't start....I needs some tricks or tips to get the bastards to run!!!!!!!
Spark plug out CRC in. Turn it over a few times.Water out Plug in and it should go. This will work for the staff member as well.
The problem could well be wet electrics. It it will dry. Or CRC it I always leave them running when washing dem.
You are lucky to have time to be washing da bike. You could be here TB testing grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Gixxer 4 ever]

Spark plug out CRC in. Turn it over a few times.Water out Plug in and it should go. This will work for the staff member as well.
The problem could well be wet electrics. It it will dry. Or CRC it I always leave them running when washing dem.
You are lucky to have time to be washing da bike. You could be here TB testing grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Posted by Gixxer 4 ever. SP ticked the remember me box thingy. Wish he was here to help.........

[Flyingpony]

Doesn't your pipe have a tiny drain whole at it's lowest point?
Mine does, came factory standard.

[cowpoos]

thanks guys....took a few of your ideas and sorted it....as well as a quick ring to another bike shop [didn't want to ring the one where its going coz its still under warrenty]....took whole exhuast system off....lotta water in it...gav it a kick...water spat out of the cyclinder....so advice given by bike shop was...take spark plug out...take sump plug out let oil drain....poor a small amount of oil down the spark plug hole...kick few times and repeat a few timesreplace engine oil....replace every thing.....kick...bBIG FUCKIN puff of smoke....going....then run for till warm and replace engine oil again with more fresh stuff could hav been fuckin expensive fuck up that....bike seems to run fine....right....Poo's is off to town...


Ps: mite try WRT's and few others sujestions tomorrow...Hmmm...

[texmo]

thanks guys....took a few of your ideas and sorted it....as well as a quick ring to another bike shop [didn't want to ring the one where its going coz its still under warrenty]....took whole exhuast system off....lotta water in it...gav it a kick...water spat out of the cyclinder....so advice given by bike shop was...take spark plug out...take sump plug out let oil drain....poor a small amount of oil down the spark plug hole...kick few times and repeat a few timesreplace engine oil....replace every thing.....kick...bBIG FUCKIN puff of smoke....going....then run for till warm and replace engine oil again with more fresh stuff could hav been fuckin expensive fuck up that....bike seems to run fine....right....Poo's is off to town...


Ps: mite try WRT's and few others sujestions tomorrow...Hmmm...


How much water did he pour down it?

[LaggCity]

Are you sure he likes you:brick:

[MSTRS]

Best check the petrol tank too. Dick probably thought it was radiator resoirvoir and needed topping up!

[Sparky Bills]

Just blow on the Leccy bits for a while, thatll get it running in no time:doctor:

Check the plug, check the air filter, check the muffler, leave for a while (if you can)
Try again when its all dried up.

[imdying]

What the heck? Did he squirt the hose down the end or something!?!?

[Mental Trousers]

Have you used him as a burnout pad yet?? That must've been a crap load of water. Even when my old VFR was dropped by my ex in a puddle and was half submerged for about 10-15 seconds it started fine 1st time and just sat there spluttering water out the exhaust for a few minutes.

[R6_kid]

how much does he get paid an hour? I'll come down and replace him if you like... got tui...

[NC]

I would have made him suck it out with a straw. But that's just me:scratch:

[speights_bud]

Same thing happened to a guy in my engineering class last week. He'd just waterblasted it out the back of school and couldn't get it to run afterwards, so he pushed it back to the workshop. still couldnt push or kick start it. I just sshot over with a plug spanner, whipped the plug out, couple of kicks to push the water out, then replaced plug and it started after a short push:done:

[Velox]

Woah - a farm bike getting a service! That's a bit flash mate. Oh - do you have to cause of the warranty?

[gav]

Woah - a farm bike getting a service! That's a bit flash mate. Oh - do you have to cause of the warranty?
No, a farm bike getting a wash before a service!!
, now thats flash. Never happened in my day, boyo, friggen cockies roll up with a TRX300 literally steaming in cow shit, back this afternoon, OK?

[cowpoos]

No, a farm bike getting a wash before a service!!
, now thats flash. Never happened in my day, boyo, friggen cockies roll up with a TRX300 literally steaming in cow shit, back this afternoon, OK?

trx300 is a honda....why would you wash it....it doesn't deserve it!!!

[inlinefour]

Since the DRZ and KLX is pretty much the same bike, I aint cleaning it. Ever:2thumbsup

[Insanity_rules]

Shame you can't put a beating clause in his/her contract. I checked this with my lawyer and apparently this is illegal, mores the pity.

I have been known to hire the mentally challenged too!