new member needs some help ^_^
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Squid
Joined: Apr 2014
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new member needs some help ^_^
Hey guys, im happy to be apart of the family :P I recenty just bought my
superhawk 1 month ago.its been bogging down,stalling and not wanting to
start back up at all,so I took it to a shop they said I had low compression in
cyclinder one, so I rip it all down and took head off sprayed carb cleaner
in cyclinder head and no leak what so ever "is that a good test ? so that
rules out bent valves,burnt valve,not sealing, then I pour oil on top of my
piston and left it there all night it didn't leak none!,so I put it all back
togather and did a couple of dabs of high temp gasket maker around my
gaskets ,and bought new spark plugs (old ones wasn't the right brand it
was a cross ref,new oil filter,new oil, new coolant , and im getting gas
today and going to see if she fires :/ I would like to hear what yall think P.s when I had oil on top of piston and I leaned bike a little bit to the right I seen a couple of drops like 3 drops and it stopped.
superhawk 1 month ago.its been bogging down,stalling and not wanting to
start back up at all,so I took it to a shop they said I had low compression in
cyclinder one, so I rip it all down and took head off sprayed carb cleaner
in cyclinder head and no leak what so ever "is that a good test ? so that
rules out bent valves,burnt valve,not sealing, then I pour oil on top of my
piston and left it there all night it didn't leak none!,so I put it all back
togather and did a couple of dabs of high temp gasket maker around my
gaskets ,and bought new spark plugs (old ones wasn't the right brand it
was a cross ref,new oil filter,new oil, new coolant , and im getting gas
today and going to see if she fires :/ I would like to hear what yall think P.s when I had oil on top of piston and I leaned bike a little bit to the right I seen a couple of drops like 3 drops and it stopped.
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MotoGP
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 5,066
From: NYC
Holy crap. Welcome to here.
That is a pretty big step from iffy running to head removal. You coulda (shoulda) done leakdown and compression testing before the mayhem.
I would also suspect carbs way before pistons/rings/cylender etc.
You used gasket maker instead of a head gasket or in addition to?
I would be shocked if any of what you did helped anything good for the bike.
Focus on the carbs if it even runs now.
Someone on here smarter than me will point out a good carb thread but also (dare I say it) use the search tool on here for carb removal, cleaning, etc.
Oh, and find out what that "shop" did to come to their conclusions.
That is a pretty big step from iffy running to head removal. You coulda (shoulda) done leakdown and compression testing before the mayhem.
I would also suspect carbs way before pistons/rings/cylender etc.
You used gasket maker instead of a head gasket or in addition to?
I would be shocked if any of what you did helped anything good for the bike.
Focus on the carbs if it even runs now.
Someone on here smarter than me will point out a good carb thread but also (dare I say it) use the search tool on here for carb removal, cleaning, etc.
Oh, and find out what that "shop" did to come to their conclusions.
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SuperSport
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 834
From: Nooksack WA
Holy crap. Welcome to here.
That is a pretty big step from iffy running to head removal. You coulda (shoulda) done leakdown and compression testing before the mayhem.
I would also suspect carbs way before pistons/rings/cylender etc.
You used gasket maker instead of a head gasket or in addition to?
I would be shocked if any of what you did helped anything good for the bike.
Focus on the carbs if it even runs now.
Someone on here smarter than me will point out a good carb thread but also (dare I say it) use the search tool on here for carb removal, cleaning, etc.
Oh, and find out what that "shop" did to come to their conclusions.
That is a pretty big step from iffy running to head removal. You coulda (shoulda) done leakdown and compression testing before the mayhem.
I would also suspect carbs way before pistons/rings/cylender etc.
You used gasket maker instead of a head gasket or in addition to?
I would be shocked if any of what you did helped anything good for the bike.
Focus on the carbs if it even runs now.
Someone on here smarter than me will point out a good carb thread but also (dare I say it) use the search tool on here for carb removal, cleaning, etc.
Oh, and find out what that "shop" did to come to their conclusions.
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MotoGP
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 4,402
From: Kempner, TX
Holy crap. Welcome to here.
That is a pretty big step from iffy running to head removal. You coulda (shoulda) done leakdown and compression testing before the mayhem.
I would also suspect carbs way before pistons/rings/cylender etc.
You used gasket maker instead of a head gasket or in addition to?
I would be shocked if any of what you did helped anything good for the bike.
Focus on the carbs if it even runs now.
Someone on here smarter than me will point out a good carb thread but also (dare I say it) use the search tool on here for carb removal, cleaning, etc.
Oh, and find out what that "shop" did to come to their conclusions.
That is a pretty big step from iffy running to head removal. You coulda (shoulda) done leakdown and compression testing before the mayhem.
I would also suspect carbs way before pistons/rings/cylender etc.
You used gasket maker instead of a head gasket or in addition to?
I would be shocked if any of what you did helped anything good for the bike.
Focus on the carbs if it even runs now.
Someone on here smarter than me will point out a good carb thread but also (dare I say it) use the search tool on here for carb removal, cleaning, etc.
Oh, and find out what that "shop" did to come to their conclusions.
If you used RTM on the head gasket.. thats a failure in the making if not already leaking cylinder pressure, / coolant, might as well take it apart again clean up the mess and use new gaskets...
At this point... Id fix the user induced mistakes, then start from the top.
Clean/ inspect carbs.
Perform leak down test.
Find out what the shop did to come to the conclusion it had low compression.
Last edited by E.Marquez; Apr 20, 2014 at 03:08 PM.
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