First remove your battery and get it on a charger ... do it now.
1. Drain Oil
2. Remove and Drain Gas tank (dispose of old gas), flush gas tank with Diesel, drain, flush with Gas, drain, let dry.
3. Flood crankcase with Diesel. Put in spark plug hole too. Kick bike over
or crank starter motor, leave plugs OUT!! Drain Diesel out, turn bike upside down if needed. GET ALL DIESEL OUT. Diesel will displace water in motor/trans.
4. Drain Carb bowl.
Pull carb off or totally flood with Diesel, drain and now flood with gasoline,
drain. Diesel will help displace water and prevent corrosion from salt
water which can act very quickly on bearings and Aluminum.
Use WD40 (if available) or equivalent on all electrics, switches. Pull apart all multi-pin connectors and spray with WD40. Pull apart every other connection, flush with WD40 or Diesel. Clean after with clean spirits and blow out. (MEK or Brake cleaner)
Blow out (air hose) and clean and dry everything. Carefully re-assemble everything noting hose routing, electrical routing and connections.
Re-fill with fresh oil. Add a gallon or two of known to be good gasoline.
Clean and dry off plugs, install.
Crank it up on your now charged up battery.
This will work. I've saved totally submerged bikes doing the above. Even outboard motors that fell overboard while running!
Diesel will save your motor but you MUST act quickly!!
Patrick
