Goffy Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Hi All, Machine was running great and the stator went out about a week ago, I installed a new ricky stator fired up machine (2nd kick) and noticed machine was only running on 1 cylinder, blowing white smoke and oil out of exhaust on dead cylinder. I checked and cleaned plugs verified spark on both cylinders (both good), Ckecked compression, 110psi on both cylinders. Checked air/mixture screw (2 turns). So I'm guessing its either a broken reed or carburator, I'll check those tomorrow. Any other thoughts or ideas would be great. Thanks, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Soze Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Blowing oil out of the dead cylinder? Im not expert but if your reeds are good I would check the crank seals. I had the same problem, if you stayed on the throttle for awhile, which I dont recommend you do. It will eventually hit on two, burning the excess oil. I was running ATF, my builder (T-shee) at Roland racing said it did a number on one of my pistons. I hope its a reed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Wheels Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Check your coolant level since you say you see white smoke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYUK Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 SWITCH THE PLUG WIRES MAKE SURE ONE SIDE OF THE COILS NOT DEAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goffy Posted December 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Hi All, Machine was running great and the stator went out about a week ago, I installed a new ricky stator fired up machine (2nd kick) and noticed machine was only running on 1 cylinder, blowing white smoke and oil out of exhaust on dead cylinder. I checked and cleaned plugs verified spark on both cylinders (both good), Ckecked compression, 110psi on both cylinders. Checked air/mixture screw (2 turns). So I'm guessing its either a broken reed or carburator, I'll check those tomorrow. Any other thoughts or ideas would be great. Thanks, Tim Remember i just purchased this machine only a few weeks ago and its never really ran right, thats why i only gave 500.00 for it. Problem solved: The problem turned out to be multiple problems. 1st i had a faulty plug (poor spark), 2nd the float on the carb wash not closing all the way causing it to constantly pour gas into the carb, 3rd the throttle valves were mixed up and way out of sync. So i took care of those issues and synced the carbs and she ran perfect. WOW what a lesson. Thanks for all your suggestions and advice. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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