I Really Need Help With My Blaster

[screamingdemon]

PLEASE HELP ME, me and my friend went riding and he was on my dads honda 300 4x4 and i was on my blaster well we seen what just seemed to be alot of water and a lil mud, it wasnt anything major...well he made it through with only a few problems and i thought hell its only about 3 or 4 inches of water and i started going through it then my tires spun like a son of a bitch so i started hopping up and down on it to get traction and then as it finally started going then the motor started boging really bad, so i let off the throttle and hit it and then it died, o yeah i heard bubbling sounds coming from under my seat...i got my friend to pull me back home...i cleaned it all up, o yeah im running without a airbox lit and i have been through alot worse than this on my fourwheeler but this time i f*cked up...i had a lil water in my airbox so i drained it and cleaned it, i pulled the the boot off of the airbox, it had a lil mud in it...so i cleaned it...then i looked inside of my carb and seen a lil mud....GOD I HOPE I DIDNT KILL MY BABY :'(.....ive kicked and kicked it, after about the 8th kick it will sound like its about to fire up...and then..nothing...i have no clue how to fix this...man i need ANYBODIES help right now...plz reply soon i need to fix this quick

[headache]

pull the reeds out and see if one of them are broke or maybe mud is in there holding them open.

[Flattrack]

God only knows was it deep enough to get in the stator cover check to see if you got any spark..Check the reed area and look for mud in the intake.. Look it over real good if yo ugot mud past the reads yo umay as well pull the top end and look it over good that fine fine mud can fudge every thing up....

[screamingdemon]

Ill try all that tomorrow, well would it mean im gettin spark if my light comes on when i kick it over?....its done got to dark right now for shit...and the most i have done to a motor is tear down a carb on a suzuki 160 so im worried ill f*ck something up....

[screamingdemon]

o what r the chances i will need a new topend, because im really dreading that thought because i dont got that kinda money and my mom said she is tired of fixing things on it...i knocked the front end outta alinement and bent my handle bars, and she told me that i will pay for this if i f*cked it up

[MaineExport]

A top end rebuild will cost you about $85 to $100 for a good complete top end kit. Should include piston, rings, wrist pin, bearing, circlips, and gaskets. Depending on the damage (if any) you may need a new bore... take it to a shop you trust and they'll probably charge between $25 and $75 depending if it needs to be bored over or just honed and cleaned up. Have them look at it BEFORE you buy the top end kit...

Anyway... if it's not turning over just go through the usual suspects. Pull the plug and see if it's fouled, check for spark while you're there, make sure the carb is getting fuel, and check the reeds.

[Kane]

You know, if the chances of mud getting through are there, the chances you simply sucked in some water are even greater. If you heard burbling from the airbox, I'd say the water chances get even higher. Before you sweat it too hard, pull the plug and look for water on the tip. Make sure you have spark by placing the plug in the plugboot and laying it against the head while kicking it over. The spark comes from a different source coil than the light. If you have spark, kick it a few times with the plug out to try to clear the jug a bit. Put a new plug in, choke it, and kick. Even without a lid, I doubt you got mud in the intake. The filter would have prevented that from happening and the only other way would be if you have a leak in the intake or carb boot. Both would have made you run like shit BEFORE you hit the puddle. I live in New England and hit water all the time. I even carry a small bottle of isoprofyl alcohol mixed with 2-stroke oil to toss in the intake for when I get swamped. I add an ounce or so, lift the back of my quad high in the air and let someone bump the engine over. The alcohol is hygroscopic, which means it instantly absorbs water. The extra will pour into the pipe with the rear lifted and the remainder will usually burn on the first few kicks.

[Banshee]

If you got water in your motor you crank case oil will also turn a grey white color. In any case it's always good to change your oil if you went though lots of water. Go with what everyone else has said and in worse case just let it sit for a day or so. Water in the electical will make it bogg down like you said it did. I had that happen to my banshee and I had to sit there with a hose and spray it in each area for a little while to make it bog down so I could find the leak. So that is what I would do. I know on my banshee when I took my lid off did you make something to hold the filter inplace? Mine the filter would be way off and there would be a huge hole if I didn't make something to hold it in place. You should also look at getting a water proof outerwear to help in sitiuations like this.

Good luck and let us know how you make out

[Kane]

The Blaster air filter is held in by a bolt down cage, the lid is just that, a lid.

[Banshee]

Ok, I never looked at a blaster air box. The banshee airbox sucks big time.