Bike fell over, engine stuffed

[cbr guy]

well it was late and i was lazy so i made a poor stand for my bike while changing the tyre, and in the night it fell over, my bike was probably on its side for a few hours. now, its all fixed up but it wont start! after 30 seconds of winding over it just backfires (bang!). im thinking that oil has been leaking all through the engine, and checking the sump, theres not as much in it. does anyone know what to do? someone told me to just tow it for ages to clean it out,that sounds pretty harmful though. im thinking i will have to clean the sparkplugs. this must have happened before. any help or ideas will be greatly appreciated.
thanks

[ninjac]

Take out the plugs and crank it over with them out. Clean the plugs.
Instal plugs and crank over again.
Sorry thats the best I can come up with.

[janno]

Oh poohs, mate!

I can't help at all, apart from sending virtual hugs your way in commiseration - or a manly handshake, whichever you prefer . . .

[mbazza]

Only sympathy from down here. Sorry to hear your bike fell off it's perch. Hope you get some useful advise which will get you back on the road. Cheers.

[cbr guy]

Take out the plugs and crank it over with them out. Clean the plugs.
Instal plugs and crank over again.
Sorry thats the best I can come up with.

thanks man, will do, im pretty clueless on this.lol

[tri boy]

Unless it has damaged a side casing that has ignition components in it, I think it will be OK.
Maybe it is flooded. Leave it for a while. Turn the fuel off. Try an start it.
Good luck.

[cbr guy]

Oh poohs, mate!

I can't help at all, apart from sending virtual hugs your way in commiseration - or a manly handshake, whichever you prefer . . .

thanks, a manly handshakes fine.lol

[98tls]

Some bikes including the TL have a electrical thingy..sorry but i am know expert with electrical things..that will activate if it is tipped over and will need to be re-set......i have no idea if yours is one of them but maybe..

[cbr guy]

Only sympathy from down here. Sorry to hear your bike fell off it's perch. Hope you get some useful advise which will get you back on the road. Cheers.

thanks, the "she'll be right" attitude isnt recomended for stands

[dino3310]

i agree with ninjac take plugs out and wind her over for a bit ,
bit like when you roll a car just clears the excess oil in the head.

[cbr guy]

Unless it has damaged a side casing that has ignition components in it, I think it will be OK.
Maybe it is flooded. Leave it for a while. Turn the fuel off. Try an start it.
Good luck.

thanks, it wasnt very violent so should be sweet. might go turn the fuel off now actually, i guess that would explain the backfiring!

[cbr guy]

Some bikes including the TL have a electrical thingy..sorry but i am know expert with electrical things..that will activate if it is tipped over and will need to be re-set......i have no idea if yours is one of them but maybe..

yeah another thing to think about, hopefully its too primitive for that huh. thanks

[98tls]

thanks, it wasnt very violent so should be sweet. might go turn the fuel off now actually, i guess that would explain the backfiring!

If its flooded crank it over with throttle wide open.......if you dont you will just make it worse.

[cbr guy]

i agree with ninjac take plugs out and wind her over for a bit ,
bit like when you roll a car just clears the excess oil in the head.

cool thanks, ill try that tomorrow, apparently taking the plugs out of a cbr250 aint easy, but i'll get back to this thread if i do

[Milky]

Mine did the same thing when I parked it on grass overnight - just needed to wait a while for everything to flow back to the sump and then it started fine. Initially it didn't turn over at all, maybe because of some electrical safeguard... find out where all the oil went then make sure you have a spark. Other than that I can't imagine anything much going wrong