Put SRX in the drink! Now what?

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Put my SRX int he river last night. Guess I got some belt slippage. Should have listened to my buddy who caulks his. I hit the kill switch right before I went down. What all do I have to do. I probablly need to change chain case oil, oil, and gas. Pull the pipes and plugs and pull the engine over until no more water. I heard I could blow the cables out with compressed air but dealer told me to replace them all. Also he told me the gauges will be shot, is that true? Do I need to clean my carbs, I just had that done less than 100 miles ago. Dealer also said I need to replace my seat. The foam won't dry? I will probablly have to replace headlight bulbs as well? What am I missing here? :o|

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Get that thing into a heated garage and set the thermostat on 90 while you work on it (will help to dry it out). Get it running as fast as you can because the longer you let it sit the more chance there is of rust building in areas you don't want it. Once you get it running run the motor until it is good & hot to get rid of any condensation or moisture. The seat will be junk as there is no easy way to remove all the moisture. Change all fluids.
 
For sure take the carbs off, and the tank. Get all of the water out of it the first time. Maxdlx
 
...also if you have a compressor, blow out the cables and douce with graphite spray. I'm told (this site) you can remove the seat cover, take a plank, place it over the seat and run over it with a truck this will purge most of the moisture from the foam.
 
Heated garage is a good idea as well as all of the other suggestions I also drained the gas tank and added fresh fuel, drained the pipe and can and pulled it WOT with no plugs. Try and start it asap as it will be easier to get it running and have a couple spare sets of plugs and a can of ether becasue it will start and die several time before you can get it to stay running. Then put a blanket over the seat and with a 1/2 thick peice of plywood over that, put your jeep in 4wd and roll the front tire over it to squeeze out as much water as possible. I sank my 00 SXR7 the day before a week trip to the UP and got it running that night and everything was fine on our trip, just the seat got hard when it froze overnight LOL.
 
lol, putting sleds in the drink is something i have done a time or too. Speedo cable froze on one and twisted the drive key off, that was pretty much the only problem i ever had after dropping them through, i just made sure to drain the gas and all other fluids real quick after pulling them out.
 
the guages being shot is total crap, water does nothing to electronics, as long as there is no power applied when its wet. Sometimes even then, nothing gets hurt.
Make sure it dries out very well before you power up.
Sit the guages on a heat vent in the house overnight.
 
Wow what list you're asking for. If there is ANY sign of sediment in the exhaust, carbs, airbox, TAKE THE MOTOR APART. Running sand/mud in the motor is bad. I know everybody doesn't do that and just starts them up, but it's wrong. Drain the gas tank/oiltank, every cable needs to be dried out, take all off and blow them out or hang them, gravity works, take the servo apart, blow out anything electrical, as someone said do not put power to anything electrical till you know its dry, you can drill a small hole in the bottom of the gauges and drain them. The seat is most likely junk but the sqeezing with the truck thing works and then take the foam to the laundrymat and put it in the big dryers they have there.

I had a buddy of mine sink his, we took the gauges, drilled holes in the back for vents. Turned the oven on at 100 degrees and with the door open set them on a towel, left them there for an hour, took them out and let them air dry. Saved them.

Lots of luck, lots of work......
 
spray electrical connections with silicon electrical contact cleaner. It will keep them form failing is water did get into the connections and wires.
Drying it all out properly now will save you headaches down the road.
Good Luck....Let us know how it works out.
 
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