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The day after receiving my new P1000-3 I removed the hood to familiarize myself with the machine. I found dried puddles of dirty water along with small puddles of clean standing water under the tool kit and other locations. I pulled the sub air cleaner, which was dry, and discovered little puddles of clean water under this sub filter. The water drops extended into the air intake pipe. I made a large cotton swab and ran it down the air intake pipe 3-4 ft. When I pulled it out part of the swab was dripping wet. A second dry swab came back very damp. My P1000 had been delivered to me with standing water in the air intake system, ready to be pulled into the engine with catastrophic results, as some P1000 owners have already learned.
I just sent Honda a letter about this and have discussed it with my dealer, so now we'll wait to hear what Honda has to say. The water came from either the point of assembly or my dealer, who knows? Water can also enter the sub filter compartment due to small puddle splashes. I recommended to Honda that they provide a Snorkel Fix and a Drain Plug installed at the low point of the air intake system, which is actually a water trap like the one in your kitchen sink. I strongly recommended a recall to attend to these. Anyway, don't run your P1000 until you run a swab (I ripped up a T-shirt for this.) from the sub air filter box to as far as you can push it down the pipe (I used coated, flexible wire.) to see if you can soak up any water. Not a bad idea to do this from time-to-time. Water being sucked into the engine immediately destroys the engine, and I've read that some dealers are refusing to warrant this, saying it's the owner's fault. It's certainly not in my case, and I suspect this is the same with other owners.
Herky
I just sent Honda a letter about this and have discussed it with my dealer, so now we'll wait to hear what Honda has to say. The water came from either the point of assembly or my dealer, who knows? Water can also enter the sub filter compartment due to small puddle splashes. I recommended to Honda that they provide a Snorkel Fix and a Drain Plug installed at the low point of the air intake system, which is actually a water trap like the one in your kitchen sink. I strongly recommended a recall to attend to these. Anyway, don't run your P1000 until you run a swab (I ripped up a T-shirt for this.) from the sub air filter box to as far as you can push it down the pipe (I used coated, flexible wire.) to see if you can soak up any water. Not a bad idea to do this from time-to-time. Water being sucked into the engine immediately destroys the engine, and I've read that some dealers are refusing to warrant this, saying it's the owner's fault. It's certainly not in my case, and I suspect this is the same with other owners.
Herky
