Long story short-
My wife's sister and her husband live in Florida. Two years ago they bought some property just south of Forest City, planning on building something there. They have been making regular trips up to work on the property since they bought it. BIL had some equipment he had stored in a shipping container / storage trailer. Property borders on the Second Broad River. The heavy rain we had 2-3 weeks ago overcame the banks of the river and made it up to his storage trailer.
One of the items that got wet was a 2024 Honda Rancher ATV they bought on their last trip up here. Not sure if it was totally submerged or not but I'd say the water was up to the handlebars. I just pumped a half gallon out of the air filter box. BIL told me when they loaded it on the trailer that water ran out of the exhaust. Brand new ATV, 2.7 hours on it. It was not running when it got wet and has not been cranked since.
He asked me to take a look and flush the fluids and see if I can get it back in proper operating condition instead of him taking it to the Honda dealer. I am mechanically inclined enough but this is something totally new to me.
Good news is the owners manual was strapped under the seat in a zip lock bag and it's totally dry. So before I get in this too deep is there anything I should be aware of other than what you may call "the obvious"? I don't want to do something stupid.
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My wife's sister and her husband live in Florida. Two years ago they bought some property just south of Forest City, planning on building something there. They have been making regular trips up to work on the property since they bought it. BIL had some equipment he had stored in a shipping container / storage trailer. Property borders on the Second Broad River. The heavy rain we had 2-3 weeks ago overcame the banks of the river and made it up to his storage trailer.
One of the items that got wet was a 2024 Honda Rancher ATV they bought on their last trip up here. Not sure if it was totally submerged or not but I'd say the water was up to the handlebars. I just pumped a half gallon out of the air filter box. BIL told me when they loaded it on the trailer that water ran out of the exhaust. Brand new ATV, 2.7 hours on it. It was not running when it got wet and has not been cranked since.
He asked me to take a look and flush the fluids and see if I can get it back in proper operating condition instead of him taking it to the Honda dealer. I am mechanically inclined enough but this is something totally new to me.
Good news is the owners manual was strapped under the seat in a zip lock bag and it's totally dry. So before I get in this too deep is there anything I should be aware of other than what you may call "the obvious"? I don't want to do something stupid.
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