Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
2000 KX500 - New to me.
Friar-Tuck:
Dang...Sorry to hear that Camo.
If you had it down at the beach, and the nephew was riding in the woods You would think it was Plenty rich or overly so
Like Polar said.
So smoking the engine without rejetting the bike doesn't sound right... Broken ring is what would be my first stab with the info available. Hopefully there was no damage to the cyl.
Heck, I had a friend bring me a chainsaw that lost all compression and wouldn't start. He just knew he had to get a whole new top end... I took the cover off the saw, cleaned the threads on the sparkplug, installed it and she was good to go. So Stranger things have happened, let's hope the plug is loose ! :|
Tuck\o/
Polar-Bus:
OK, i'm confused please provide more details about exactly what happened to the engine .
Camo:
I'm at work and haven't looked at it. He said he can kick it over by hand. It tells me there's no compression. Maybe the pug fell out. lol A fouled plug will still be hard to kick over. This is not. It was a brand new plug. It was jetted for sea level and ran great. We live at 2500 feet. It still runs crisp but I left it that way for him.
Camo:
I guess my Dad came over and had a look. He took the plug out and put his finger over the hole, kicked it over and no compression. I'm wondering if it over heated and melted the rings into the pistons.
Polar-Bus:
--- Quote from: Camo on August 14, 2011, 01:43:45 PM ---The previous owner had just installed a new top end with no time on it. You could tell it was true bu the wrench marks and gaskets.
Thanks guys!
I love the dunes...
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I feel bad for you dude, you got fu@ked. After reading this post, and then your post about now "no compression" , the only reason a seller replaces the top end and then immediately sells the bike is because the cylinder and or crank is blown, and the seller just want's out quick and cheap.....
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