[IronRanger271]

Hi folks, just an introduction of myself. I'm Tony from northern Minnesota, currently riding a 2013 rubi/foreman 500. Well not currently. Doing a fluids change since I swamped it yesterday.
Thanks for the add.

 

[shadetree]

if you sank it ?, and it died under water/mud ?, well..if you don't pull motor, rinse/clean the lower end out ?, your gonna be doing a lot more than changing fluids in the future !..lol.

 

[SamUK]

Welcome to the forums.. I’ll (kind of) second Shadys above post, i flush, flush and flush some more using kerosene or diesel followed by a few (often) oil and filter changes. Hope whatever you decide works out for you.

 

[TBRider]

Welcome to the forums

 

[AlabamaDan]

Welcome to the group! Pics of your machine?

 

[Rowedoo]

Welcome to HATVF .

 

[alloutdoors]

Welcome aboard and you will find some great folks here willing to help. That said and as stated by Shade, if the unit died and ingested water, then you have a real problem. Because it is a Honda, you can change the oil a few times and get this unit going, but that will be a false positive, because the "silt, etc." is everywhere within the block and after about 100 miles you will see the outcome of not taking it completely apart with a smoking unit....

 

[_Wilson_]

Welcome to the forums!

 

[IronRanger271]

I stopped it before she went under. Air box had a couple inches of water in it but when I took things apart later, I had one pipe clamp just out side the box that wasn't very tight. No water in the cylinder and the plug was good. Oil wasn't frothy.

 

[IronRanger271]

Here she is all cleaned up. Starting to think the 2013 rubicon is a bastard child of the family. Are the '12-'13 an odd ball year of some sorts?

 

[rednyforeman500]

Hi and Welcome to the forums!!