DO I NEED TO BE CONCERNED WITH INTERNAL DAMAGE
On Saturday I sank my Foreman 500 at Enid Lake MS. I did not start the engine until we pulled it out of the lake. The air box was full of water and had to be drained. We did our best to squeeze out as much water from the air cleaner and vent filters as we could. It started right up and ran good for about 15 minutes. It then lost power, started missing and died. My son towed me back into camp where we checked the air box again. We found a couple inches of water. When I checked my oil I immediately knew water had got to the crank case because the oil was milky. We dumped the oil, flushed it with new clean oil and installed Honda GN4 oil, a new air cleaner and oil filter. It started right up and ran perfectly for the rest of the day with no problems. Cost of oil, oil filter, and air cleaner, about $48.00. The cost of the expression on my face when the Foreman went under, priceless. Do I need to worry about internal damage that will show up as a result of this or, did I get lucky?
On Saturday I sank my Foreman 500 at Enid Lake MS. I did not start the engine until we pulled it out of the lake. The air box was full of water and had to be drained. We did our best to squeeze out as much water from the air cleaner and vent filters as we could. It started right up and ran good for about 15 minutes. It then lost power, started missing and died. My son towed me back into camp where we checked the air box again. We found a couple inches of water. When I checked my oil I immediately knew water had got to the crank case because the oil was milky. We dumped the oil, flushed it with new clean oil and installed Honda GN4 oil, a new air cleaner and oil filter. It started right up and ran perfectly for the rest of the day with no problems. Cost of oil, oil filter, and air cleaner, about $48.00. The cost of the expression on my face when the Foreman went under, priceless. Do I need to worry about internal damage that will show up as a result of this or, did I get lucky?