tl;dr You cannot compress liquids in the engine or bad stuff happens!Hydrolock (a shorthand notation for hydrostatic lock) is an abnormal condition of any device which is designed to compress a gas by mechanically restraining it; most commonly the reciprocating internal combustion engine, the case this article refers to unless otherwise noted. Hydrolock occurs when a volume of liquid greater than the volume of the cylinder at its minimum (end of the piston's stroke) enters the cylinder. Since most common liquids are uncompressable the piston cannot complete its travel; either the engine must stop rotating or a mechanical failure must occur.
I knew what hydrolock was back then but just assumed my problem was a starter or solenoid issue. Eventually this got worse. It wouldn't turn over at all. I tried over and over, and even jumped it thinking my battery was weak which was a really stupid idea since that is when the starter chewed up the teeth on the idle gear from the extra available power.
But alas, here is the video pre gear destruction, if any of you have a bike that does this, STOP TRYING TO START IT! And instead find out why your cylinders are full of a liquid! My problem ended up being the float needle and seat o-rings in the carbs.
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Now today I'm just waiting on my idle gear 2 to arrive so I can finish putting this bike back together and officially learn from my mistake back in early December.
