Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
k5 fuel octain
reklessj:
--- Quote from: motovet on January 12, 2015, 01:52:57 PM ---The plug is light in color, I live about 45 min south of green bay
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Just wondering, I was born in wasburn and have family in Ashland county. Was thinking bout a road trip this summer lookin for K5 riders along the way to show me local ride spots
Foxx4Beaver:
for the plug to be light in color with that fat of jetting, you "could" have an air leak, causing it to run lean and detonate....
you could do a leak down test...but if you're already thinking about freshening up the motor anyways, I myself wouldn't bother until it was all rebuilt.
some guys like to do leak a down test before they tear a motor down, to find out if there's any areas of concern.
have you got the tools to do a compression test and leak down test?
do you know what the previous owner ran for fuel in it?
motovet:
motovet:
I have the pictures figured out now. will post more of the head and spark plug shortly. Rekless, there is not many trails here so I usually go to upper michigan to trail ride. If your in the are though, I have a could show ya some of the mx tracks. Foxx, I am not sure what the last owner ran, I found it online down in Florida. An older guy had it along with a couple other ones and did not ride it much. I do have the tools to do a compression and leak down test, I will do that as soon as I get it back together. I have the cylinder in getting replated right now, it had some scoring and the intake bridges were cracked sooooooooo as long as it`s apart......
motovet:
The spark plug has one ride on it, about 2 hours of time. You can see the light pitting on the head along with the piston in the earlier picture.
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