P700 Drowned 700 SXS

[Hopey]

gents,

drowned my 700 SXS Pioneer the other day and have drained the oil and dif fluids. Once this was done I took it for a drive and the transmission now slips and it is like it doesn't want to shift while moving just rev's and seems to stay in second gear once it does shift. Also it doesn't seem to want to down shift all the time and when you slow down the go again it just rev's.

Any thoughts as to what it could be before I take it to the dealer?

 

[Admin]

 

[Hondasxs]

Hi.

Let's clarify. By rev do you mean idle.

If you just crank it and let it sit does it rev high?

Note. If it rev's too high the computer will not let it engage a gear until it's at an acceptable rev speed.

Sounds like you have trash in it. Most likley in the idle control valve or valve body.

 

[scott]

If you had water in the motor you should change the oil 3 more times or more. Flush it out and it should run better. Tranny on the 700 uses the motor's oil. Also over filling helps after you get all the flushing oil changes done. I'd try to change the oil more before i took it to the dealer. Them trying to fix it will cost a lot.

 

[Gator]

Hi Hopey. Welcome to the forum. These guys can diagnose a lot of problems.

Tell us more about the drowning.

How much went under?
for how long?
was it running?
when did you drown it?
what did you see when you changed the oil?
if you check the oil right now, how does it look?

 

[Hopey]

well fixed the issue with the shifting. used the emergency valve to reset the limp mode. now went for a ride yesterday and half way through the sxs starting to smoke and burn what seemed to be oil and by he time I got it back home it was smoking steady. strange thing though it did not smell like it was burning oil but more of a clutch/metal smell and stopped several times to check the oil and level on dip stick was good but when I got it on the trailer there was nothing on the dip stick.

any thoughts

 

[Gator]

That sounds bad.

I know from experience, if you don't change your oil several times and get ALL of the water/sand out you will score the cylinders.
I'm afraid your repair just got more involved.

 

[Hopey]

I think I found the issue

 

[Tflynn]

What are we looking at here?

 

[Hopey]

What are we looking at here?

top of the piston??

 

[Eltobgi]

That sucks! How do you suppose that happened?

 

[Hopey]

That sucks! How do you suppose that happened?

not too sure???

 

[Eltobgi]

If I was a betting man, I would have to say that you changed your spark plug and the new plug caused the damage!

 

[Hopey]

that's what I first thought as well but they are the original plugs that went back in it after blowing out any moisture in the cylinders and the plugs are both fine with no damage??

 

[Hopey]

well dropped it off at the dealer the other day and they called me this morning saying that the engine is shot!! piston, cylinder, crank and all internal parts are toast. I find this hard to believe but haven't had a chance to get in to see it. I know that these are not meant to go through a lot of water and water internally in an engine is not good. The sxs quit when we took on the water and was never started again until all oil was drained and we did this 3 times with fresh oil and filter so I am a little disappointed as I have had several Hondas in the past and other brands that have been through a great deal more than what happened here.