Outboard took a dunking - suggestions?

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On a mooring in the Orwell yesterday, a gust flipped our tethered dinghy complete with Honda 2HP 4St. Fortunately the fuel cap breather was shut.

I have rinsed it all down with fresh water and turned it over a few times, but don't know what I should do next to ensure no damage.

Suggestions?
 
Oil should be fine, if the oil cant escape, water cant get in.

I would spray WD40 in through the carb, turning the engine over, with the spark plug removed.

Then, and it wont be easy, get the engine started, just run it and run it.
 
Much as already said for me..
take no precautions...

WD40 through carb.. A squirt though spark plug holes then turn engine over without plugs in.

I would change the engine oil too.. as its cheap to do and a worthwhile precaution.
 
Had this happen to my Mariner 2 stroke. Fully support all the advice so far i.e. rinse off, squirt loads of WD40, crank over with plug out etc. Not sure about the oil change but it can't hurt. I also stripped and cleaned the carb. The main thing I would have thought is to do all the cleaning etc and then run it for a good while.
Morgan
 
From my honda 2hp owner's manual,
- remove cover and rinse with fresh water
- drain fuel tank and carburetor
- change engine oil
-remove spark plug and and pull starter several times to expel any water from the cylinder
-put 1tsp engine oil into cylinder via spark plug hole, and pull starter several times again
- reinstall sparrk plug and start engine
- if engine binds when cranked, do not attempt to run - may have damaged connecting rods, etc
- if no mechanical damage evident, run for 30 mins or longer
- if there was any evidence of water in the oil, change again after running for 30 mins
Of course it finishes with, "As soon as possible, take the motor to a Honda dealer for inspection and service"
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On a mooring in the Orwell yesterday, a gust flipped our tethered dinghy complete with Honda 2HP 4St. Fortunately the fuel cap breather was shut.

I have rinsed it all down with fresh water and turned it over a few times, but don't know what I should do next to ensure no damage.

Suggestions?

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It happened to us with our Honda 2 hp.. Apart from the usual cleaning out of fuel and oil, there is a bearing underneath the engine which suffers if it gets wet. This bearing got very noisy after 2-3 weeks in our cae and needed replacing. Best to wait and see if yours develops this problem.
 
This happened to my inflatable and little seagull one gusty night.

It was too rough to mess about trying to right the dinghy again so the engine spent the night immersed. I took it ashore the next day and drained the tank and hosed it all down with fresh water.

It was two days before I was able to strip the carb and there was already a milky gunge forming around the aluminium components. I washed it all in petrol, dried the inside of the tank with a rag pushed around with a wooden batten, used an air line to blow through the fuel line etc. dried the plug cap, and put a small amount of oil in the cylinder. with fresh fuel it fired first pull and has been fine since.
 
If it's the model with a centrifugal clutch, I'm told that the clutch WILL eventually fail as a result of ensuing corrosion (probably 6 months or so down the line). As I believe it's a non-serviceable item (i.e. no remedial action possible) a clutch replacement will eventually be required. All this came to me from a Honda dealer.
 
Over a period of a few years I 'dunked' my Yamaha 2hp 3 or 4 times.... because I was 'cruising', with no fixed abode, all I could do was to stick it in a bucket of fresh water to get the salt off... let it dry in the sun then took the plastic cover off and WD40 all over... result it never stopped running and some 8 years later still works - rattles a bit now>>>>

Michael
 
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