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Ok, I went and bought a 1993 SL750. The machine has been sitting for about 2+ years.
I brought it home, put a fresh battery to it, pulled the plugs out and turned it over (yeah!) Water shooting out pistons, obviously a water-injestion case. I plan tonight to pull the gas and oil tanks, and clean the fuel and oil lines out, and clean the fuel pump/carburators.
Granted, I know the motor will have to be totally re-worked by an eventual buyer, it's on a pathway to destruction in its current state, if I get it to start. All I want to do is get it to start so I know it will run for someone eventually.
Question: I'm getting what seems like an extraordinary amount of water out the pistons, like it's sucking it up from the manifold or somewhere in the lower end - I've looked in the cylinders and they are clear of water (until I start cranking and then it sprays it out). Is there a place on the lower end of the motor I can open to let the water that seems to be in the crankcase out through the lower piping? (remember I can't run it yet so blowing it out that way may not be feasible).
Also, I'm seeing next to the fuel pump what Partsland.com calls the autocock. What is this and isn't it something everyone is doing away with when they have these motors?
By the way, I think the motor will run once I clear the lines and replace with good gas. Its coughing a little bit already when I hit the starter.
I'm sure I'll have more questions as I go here, but I've yakked too much already.
Thanks in advance.
I brought it home, put a fresh battery to it, pulled the plugs out and turned it over (yeah!) Water shooting out pistons, obviously a water-injestion case. I plan tonight to pull the gas and oil tanks, and clean the fuel and oil lines out, and clean the fuel pump/carburators.
Granted, I know the motor will have to be totally re-worked by an eventual buyer, it's on a pathway to destruction in its current state, if I get it to start. All I want to do is get it to start so I know it will run for someone eventually.
Question: I'm getting what seems like an extraordinary amount of water out the pistons, like it's sucking it up from the manifold or somewhere in the lower end - I've looked in the cylinders and they are clear of water (until I start cranking and then it sprays it out). Is there a place on the lower end of the motor I can open to let the water that seems to be in the crankcase out through the lower piping? (remember I can't run it yet so blowing it out that way may not be feasible).
Also, I'm seeing next to the fuel pump what Partsland.com calls the autocock. What is this and isn't it something everyone is doing away with when they have these motors?
By the way, I think the motor will run once I clear the lines and replace with good gas. Its coughing a little bit already when I hit the starter.
I'm sure I'll have more questions as I go here, but I've yakked too much already.
Thanks in advance.
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