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Can you melt a plug by letting off of the throttle in a high rev?


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I was told that my new top end (shop installed)and probably the crank bearing are toast because I had to have been to crazy with my break in and had to have let off the throttle from a high rev and leaned out the dominant cylender and that it couldn't have been because of an air leak. And for the record my son, on a blaster was able to keep up with me on a ported 4mil during break in.

Or my theory is that something didn't get torqued down properly, or gaskets or surfaces weren't 100% clean creating an air leak that leaned out that cylender.

 

Is either one possible? Is one more likely than the other?

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Its actually not wise to backload from a high rev. With that said, id think it take a 27mile long, extreme incline, turning higher rpms to make a plug look like that.

Edit: as long as motor is in good working order and not on ragged edge.

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I was told that my new top end (shop installed)and probably the crank bearing are toast because I had to have been to crazy with my break in and had to have let off the throttle from a high rev and leaned out the dominant cylender and that it couldn't have been because of an air leak. And for the record my son, on a blaster was able to keep up with me on a ported 4mil during break in.

Or my theory is that something didn't get torqued down properly, or gaskets or surfaces weren't 100% clean creating an air leak that leaned out that cylender.

 

Is either one possible? Is one more likely than the other?

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I've got a pair of very similar looking plugs and have had a few not quite as bad but IMO there's no doubt the cause was a lean condition and since the other side looked rich and wet most likely there's an air leak. Unfortunately from the sound of it I suspect your "shop" will never admit blame. I'd do a leakdown test before anything else.

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