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I'm not actually sure the cylinder is #1, but it is the one nearest to the front of the ski.
What happened was some friends were out riding when the motor completely died on them. Tried restarting it a couple times, with no luck. I did a compression test, and the other 2 cylinders are around 110psi, while cylinder #1 is around 25psi.
I pulled the head off today. I have pictures attached. The piston was obviously hitting the head. Also, that cylinder is dry, whereas the other two had some oil/gas on the cylinder and piston. The other thing is that piston has a little bit of play in it, whereas the other two do not.
I just recently installed WaveEater clips, so I know it's not the pv. I'm almost thinking an oil line got pinched and because of that I damaged a connecting rod or something. There isn't any oil in the hull, so if I wasn't getting oil it's because a line got pinched.
I'm planning on pulling the cylinder off tomorrow and seeing what damage I find underneath that piston. Any ideas in the meantime?
Also,
-From this point, what parts should I plan on buying? Will I need a new piston or head? I've noticed that spark plug doesn't screw in like it used to. I wonder if I warped the head...
-Can I reuse the gaskets? I have some Permatex Copper Gasket spray I used installing my d-plate. Can I just use that?
-Should anything else be done while I've got this torn apart? I'd really like to get it running asap while it's still warm out.
What happened was some friends were out riding when the motor completely died on them. Tried restarting it a couple times, with no luck. I did a compression test, and the other 2 cylinders are around 110psi, while cylinder #1 is around 25psi.
I pulled the head off today. I have pictures attached. The piston was obviously hitting the head. Also, that cylinder is dry, whereas the other two had some oil/gas on the cylinder and piston. The other thing is that piston has a little bit of play in it, whereas the other two do not.
I just recently installed WaveEater clips, so I know it's not the pv. I'm almost thinking an oil line got pinched and because of that I damaged a connecting rod or something. There isn't any oil in the hull, so if I wasn't getting oil it's because a line got pinched.
I'm planning on pulling the cylinder off tomorrow and seeing what damage I find underneath that piston. Any ideas in the meantime?
Also,
-From this point, what parts should I plan on buying? Will I need a new piston or head? I've noticed that spark plug doesn't screw in like it used to. I wonder if I warped the head...
-Can I reuse the gaskets? I have some Permatex Copper Gasket spray I used installing my d-plate. Can I just use that?
-Should anything else be done while I've got this torn apart? I'd really like to get it running asap while it's still warm out.
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