I was going on a long trip before Christmas, about 20 miles. I've done this trip many times before. About half way through the trip my motor just died. It may have jolted, popped, sputtered, or something just for a sec, right before it died. It was hard to tell. When it died, it just died, like it was no longer getting a spark. When I came to a complete stop, the motor seemed like it locked up on me. My back wheel was froze in place, even with the clutch pulled in. Luckily I was close to a store and called a friend to pick me up. When I got the bike home, I started to remove the chain and the drive sprocket turned freely. The wheel was no longer froze, if it ever really was. Still not sure on this. I seem to remember that when I locked up my motor before, the wheel still turned with the clutch pulled in. So not sure whats going on here. Well I put the chain back on and tried starting it, absolutely nothing happened. It was like it was not getting spark or gas. So I read the post on how to test the CDI coil. According the the readings I got, the coil should have been bad. The reading of the black wire to plug wire was 6.3k ohm. The reading of the black and blue wires was 8.69 M ohms. And the blue wire to plug wire started off as 11M ohms and kept rising till it O/L. I assume O/L on my tester means Over Load. So I bought a new CDI coil and installed it last week. But it made no difference. I tried pumping it for a bit and checking the spark plug to see if it was getting fuel. When I took the spark plug out there was a clear drop of liquid in between the spark leads. It defiantly didn't look like gas, so I can only assume it was water. I took the motor off the bike and took the top end piece off. It looked like water was all in the cylinder and the crank case. Not a whole lot but enough to cause rust to start forming in the crank case. I also check the cylinder walls and the piston. I can see absolutely no scaring on both.
So my question is this: Why and how is there water in my engine and what should I do now to get my motor going again? Do you think my magneto is bad now? Do I need to try to open it up even further to remove the rust? I have never gone that deep before. I did figure I'd let it sit in my house, upside down, where its nice and dry and let any remaining water drip and evaporate out, but is this enough? And whats to prevent it from happening again? I don't know where the water came from. Unless its condensation from letting it sit up for a few weeks without running it. If this is the case the water my just be a secondary thing. Not my original problem. I'm a little lost from here and any advice would be greatly appreciated.
So my question is this: Why and how is there water in my engine and what should I do now to get my motor going again? Do you think my magneto is bad now? Do I need to try to open it up even further to remove the rust? I have never gone that deep before. I did figure I'd let it sit in my house, upside down, where its nice and dry and let any remaining water drip and evaporate out, but is this enough? And whats to prevent it from happening again? I don't know where the water came from. Unless its condensation from letting it sit up for a few weeks without running it. If this is the case the water my just be a secondary thing. Not my original problem. I'm a little lost from here and any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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