volks-man
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so my bud gives me the 026 i mentioned previously. i was only supposed to fix a fuel line and tinker/tweek it a little for him. now it's mine, sweet!
the backstory:
as i was putting the av rubber nubbins in today i realized that there was oil all over the place on my bench after leaving it sitting there for two weeks. i decided to use the 'lakeside-castrol-superclean-then-rinse-with-hose-in-the-driveway-trick to clean this dirty nasty saw up enough to see where it was coming from (i think the cap).
the problem:
i was carefull not to get water in/on the carb. i didn't even think about the exhaust! i picked up the saw afterwards and it sloshed. i thought it was the fuel. i shook it a little and realized there was water in the muffler. i removed the muff cover and saw yes, it and the port were pretty wet inside. i looked in the cylinder and it appeared to be relatively dry with a few dropletts. the piston was just below the exhaust port. the cyl still had a light crosshatch!! in a moment of pure genius, fueled by my excitement over the nice cyl, i turned the flywheel to see the piston. doh! i pretty much just let a little water in when the rings passed the wet exhaust port.
now what:
am i completely screwed here? am i going to have to remove the jug and air out the crankcase? am i now in for horrors i can only imagine?
any input appreciated
the backstory:
as i was putting the av rubber nubbins in today i realized that there was oil all over the place on my bench after leaving it sitting there for two weeks. i decided to use the 'lakeside-castrol-superclean-then-rinse-with-hose-in-the-driveway-trick to clean this dirty nasty saw up enough to see where it was coming from (i think the cap).
the problem:
i was carefull not to get water in/on the carb. i didn't even think about the exhaust! i picked up the saw afterwards and it sloshed. i thought it was the fuel. i shook it a little and realized there was water in the muffler. i removed the muff cover and saw yes, it and the port were pretty wet inside. i looked in the cylinder and it appeared to be relatively dry with a few dropletts. the piston was just below the exhaust port. the cyl still had a light crosshatch!! in a moment of pure genius, fueled by my excitement over the nice cyl, i turned the flywheel to see the piston. doh! i pretty much just let a little water in when the rings passed the wet exhaust port.
now what:
am i completely screwed here? am i going to have to remove the jug and air out the crankcase? am i now in for horrors i can only imagine?
any input appreciated