Savage decides to go for a swim...

[cvec7]

lol, ok, here's the story, a while ago I was driving my savage in the street at my grandmother's house, and she has a river right next to her house..., anyway, I was drivin it towards the end of the culdesac at WOT, and I slammed on the brake too hard, and it rolled end over end down a slope into the river. It was completly submerged and I had to jump in real quick and fish around for it w/ my hands. So I get it out, and test the radio, absolutly nothing. Needless to say, I was worried. I run it up to the garage and get a heat gun real quick and rip open the reciever and dry that off first, I spent about 15 mins drying everything off w/ the heat gun and a towel. After a while, I decide to hook all the electronics back up and see if they worked. THEY ALL DID!! It would be real bad if they didnt cause: reciever- $30, rx batt- $30, 625MG- $40, 645MG-$40, switch- $10, so that'd be $150 worth of electronics if it was all fried.
So, then I decide to go ahead and try to start the engine, no luck. So, I consider myself lucky and put it away for then and decide to get on some dry clothes (since I had to jump in the river 30 mins ago)
The next day I decide to go out and try and start up the engine, after about 10 mins of yanking on the cord, it growls to life!

So, lesson learned: If anything happens to savage, it will come out unscaved, thus proving that the savage is the strongest vehicle out there! lol, even tho the electronics and engine really have nothing to do w/ the durablity of the vehicle....

 

[Benwahballz]

Good stuff.

 

[olds97_lss]

Most of these things can handle water to an extent, but it's always best to waterproof them as best as you can.

Currently, I could drive my savage under water if I had a snorkel for the carb and exhaust. I wouldn't recommend it, because the engine will run too cold.

If you ever submerge it again, you apparently know how to dry off the electronics, but for the engine, you need to replace the air filter, drain the fuel tank, pull the glow plug out and hold the truck upside down while turning it over. Put the glow plug on a glow plug heater while it's out of the truck to cook out the water. Then squirt some ARO in the cylinder and turn it over a few more times to get the oil washed around the inside of the engine really good. Put the glow plug back in, fill the tank, prime it and it should fire up pretty easily.

Of course, if it was at running temp when you hit the water, there's an outside chance that it may have warped some of the internals due to the extreme cooling.

These are the steps I did when I drove my xxx-nt into a big ass puddle once. It went out of view over a hill and at the bottom of the hill was a puddle that was about 10 inches deep. Completely submerged the poor thing. All I could see was the antenna tip sticking out of the puddle. I had the electronics water proofed, so getting it to fire back up was the only issue.

 

[AC48]

Wow, I'm surprised that the engine and electronics both did fine after that! I mean, I've got servos wet and they die, but seem to come back to life after they dry out. Next time you get your engine underwater I would also suggest to wash it out real good.

 

[jon2]

I would tear it down and check your drivelines and bearings. Take out the motor and clean the clutch assembly. Also clean your air filter well then re-oil. Make sure that no debris is lodged in any of the wheels.you can bust a cvd or pop a dog bone out even bend em. Do you have a failsafe, and a Throttle Spring?

 

[cvec7]

Most of these things can handle water to an extent, but it's always best to waterproof them as best as you can.

Currently, I could drive my savage under water if I had a snorkel for the carb and exhaust. I wouldn't recommend it, because the engine will run too cold.

If you ever submerge it again, you apparently know how to dry off the electronics, but for the engine, you need to replace the air filter, drain the fuel tank, pull the glow plug out and hold the truck upside down while turning it over. Put the glow plug on a glow plug heater while it's out of the truck to cook out the water. Then squirt some ARO in the cylinder and turn it over a few more times to get the oil washed around the inside of the engine really good. Put the glow plug back in, fill the tank, prime it and it should fire up pretty easily.

Of course, if it was at running temp when you hit the water, there's an outside chance that it may have warped some of the internals due to the extreme cooling.

These are the steps I did when I drove my xxx-nt into a big ass puddle once. It went out of view over a hill and at the bottom of the hill was a puddle that was about 10 inches deep. Completely submerged the poor thing. All I could see was the antenna tip sticking out of the puddle. I had the electronics water proofed, so getting it to fire back up was the only issue.

lol, I said I got it working fine now...

and Jon2, No, I don't have a fail safe, but I have the crappy stock TRS, and neither of those would've helped because it was entirely driver error, lol. And ya, I tore it down a few weeks ago cause its too cold here, and no snow, and my entire starting system/equipment is f'ed. My glowstarter broke, my pull cord snapped, and my one-way wore out, but my b-day is in a few days so I'll have a new one-way, glowstarter, and a rotostart.

But thanks for the help anyway.