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As soon as I learn how :biglaugh: Found some pitting on one of the heads. Pretty close to the seating surface for the head gasket. Gonna blend the pits in with the rest of the head. Especially the ones furthest out.

Got the front head off today Found a small hole in the head gasket, only showed up when I was shining a light through from the other side. Just waiting on parts to get her all back together.

Using Shell, Mobil, Chevron for 99% of the time 87 Octane I do have a cooler plug due to the high compression pistons will go back to the normal temp range. try to dial in the low and midrange better once it is back together and run more sea foam/cleaner much more often

I just got the first head off yesterday. Didnt see anything on the rear. Taking the front off today. Going to take my time and probably get some dye penetrant from work and rub down the jackets to look for any cracks just to make sure

Ok got the rear head off today and took some pics of the pistons and valves. Not sure if this is normal, 15000 miles. Carbon build up is pretty easy to scrape off even with a finger nail.

I am not so sure I agree with this. When an engine is just idling the butterfly is essentially closed so the engine is not getting much air. As you rev up an engine more air enters the combustion chamber and since the cylinder is a fixed volume the more air that enters means that when the intake...

That was 2 years ago. 6/20/08 to be exact. I remember it was a birthday present to myself :eusa_dance: Yes it is the 1300 conversion

motor only has 15,000 miles from a rebuild from Sean I do plan on going through and replacing all gaskets and I have had a small oil leak that has been giving me a headache so I will go after that

Now how do I go about finding what cylinder??? :confused2::confused2: If I can I will do what we talked about earlier One thing I was thinking was running the bike and pull the COPs one at a time. Without any compression it might not leak through. Also what do you guys think Do both...

The only thing that is a silver lining in this is I get to teach my son how to tear apart an engine. His step dad doesnt know how to change spark plugs.

Hey Bro, I think this just might be the first smart thing you ever said on this forum :eusa_dance::biglaugh: Just teasing. That is a great idea I will have to do that

That is a good idea, will have to do that. Obviously will have to make sure the intake & exhaust valves are closed before hand. I have been calling around to find one but none of my parts stores around here have one.

With the cap off it has small micro bubbles foaming up in the filler neck I thought about this as well but it is only showing up under when the bike is around 3k rpm. This is higher compression than one would get just turning the bike over and even the tightest cylinders will eventually leak...

No I think it is leaking the other direction I have oil, small amount, in my water.

I am not sure that would work for a couple of reasons. 1. It only leaks under compression conditions 2. It is leaking from the cylinder out, leak down tester goes the other way. Found a test kit on the internet that test for hydro carbons in the coolant. Gonna pick one up before I get all upset

I have been having overheating problems for a while now and am starting to suspect a blown head gasket. Symptoms 1. Old Radiator Cap lifts too soon and lifts when under throttle with temps as low as 180* 2. Replaced with new radiator cap and still lifted early, 200*, and under throttle a...

The only reason I know is because I looked it up :biglaugh: Not sure if they would have one that size but I am going to check with my local bike shop first.

Well close, 3 degrees for every pound. So should be little over 240 for the lowest and as high as 257 Can anyone tries theirs out for me and see what happens??? Maybe I just have 2 bad caps

Ok so now I have the same delima with a different cap Doesnt pop so soon but it did pass some fluid right at 210* I know the resevoir has the full mark about in the middle so if it does pass some coolant it wont overflow right away but.... I am under the impression it wasnt supposed to pass...

I have had the neck covers on for quite some time now and they are real CF through and through.