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BrucerZX14
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posted June 17, 2012 03:20 PM
Has Anyone Seen This Before?
Out racing this past weekend and the #2 cylinder quits. No strange mechanical sounds. Get it home and pull the plug. Here's what I found. There are no impact marks at all on the ground. The ground just rolled over and caused a very small gap so the ground never hit the center electrode.
Background info. Competition CNC SS head. 50 shot of nitrous on a progressive controller. Bike ran great thru the entire pass. No over-rev. Noticed the poor idle when I made the hit the return road. Has anyone seen this before?
  
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1badzx12r
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posted June 17, 2012 03:24 PM
..you got your money worth from your 50 shot and CNC head ..cause air didn't cause that
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kawasakijockey
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posted June 17, 2012 03:32 PM
Piston kiss or detonation..
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BrucerZX14
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posted June 17, 2012 03:32 PM
 Edited By: BrucerZX14 on 17 Jun 2012 22:35
1bad - That's why I'm asking. There are zero impact marks on the ground. If something came loose and hit it, there should be a mark on the ground and on the piston. Looking down thru the plug hole, there's no mark on the piston either. Gonna do a compression check and borescope the hole and see if there's an issue.
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BrucerZX14
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posted June 17, 2012 03:37 PM
Kawjockey - Quite possible on the detonation. There are no marks on the piston or plug from an impact. The other plugs are a light tan color. Gonna check compression and scope it. If all looks good, I'll put fresh plugs in it and see if I can get it back on a dyno.
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1badzx12r
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posted June 17, 2012 03:46 PM
Edited By: 1badzx12r on 17 Jun 2012 22:48
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. There are zero impact marks on the ground. .
i doubt you'll see any impact from that light of a tap.. but something touch it
just think when you drop a plug and close the gap it leaves no mark
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1badzx12r
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posted June 17, 2012 03:54 PM
hey did your track reopen
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BrucerZX14
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posted June 17, 2012 07:19 PM
The track has been bought and we're waiting for the new owner to open it.
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1badzx12r
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posted June 17, 2012 07:23 PM
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The track has been bought and we're waiting for the new owner to open it.
cool let us know when they have their grand opening race
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BrucerZX14
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posted June 17, 2012 08:32 PM
I will. Hopefully I'll have mine repaired by then.
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posted July 03, 2012 06:23 PM
Edited By: BrucerZX14 on 4 Jul 2012 01:23
Well...finally got back to the bike to figure out my problem. #2 cylinder has extremely low compression. Did a leak down test and felt air coming out the exhaust port. SUCKS!!!! In the process of yankin' the head. Hope it don't cost much to fix it.
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1badzx12r
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posted July 03, 2012 07:52 PM
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Did a leak down test and felt air coming out the exhaust port.
i'm taking it you did had gap under your exhaust cam when you did this..(valve clearance)
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BrucerZX14
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posted July 03, 2012 08:11 PM
Edited By: BrucerZX14 on 4 Jul 2012 03:19
No. Just felt air coming out even with cams removed. Hope to have the head off tomorrow. Not much more to do to get it off.
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BrucerZX14
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posted July 03, 2012 08:50 PM
Just pulled the bucket/shims off all the valves and they all look the same. Even the #2 cylinder. Wondering if the seat is broke or chipped a valve. Find out tomorrow.
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1badzx12r
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posted July 04, 2012 05:58 AM
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No. Just felt air coming out even with cams removed. Hope to have the head off tomorrow. Not much more to do to get it off.
i alway check valve clearance before cam removing .. it helps to diagnose the problem
cams removed is the easiest way to leakdown .. you have either a bent valve or burnt valve . or something stuck under the valve ..
if you'd check clearance you would have a better idea... cause the valve being hung open would give you a big clearance.
if its a bent valve some how that piston jump up and hit it ..and seeing that plug bent .. i'd look at that rod bearing
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joseph702
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posted July 04, 2012 08:05 AM
maybe rod streach or somthing my ss sport head did same thing at 10,000 rpm , but mine ended up being from thin head gasket with ss sport head.
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BrucerZX14
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posted July 04, 2012 08:54 AM
Well. Broken piston. No damage to cylinder wals. Gotta pop the valves out and look at them yet. Here's the piston.
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posted July 04, 2012 09:18 AM
i broke 1 just like that before
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06redzx14
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posted July 04, 2012 10:06 AM
X2 have those injectors cleaned before you but it back together
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posted July 04, 2012 10:12 AM
Ouch, any idea what caused that?
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BrucerZX14
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posted July 04, 2012 10:34 AM
Edited By: BrucerZX14 on 4 Jul 2012 17:34
Zixxer - Suspecting detonation. Good thing is the cylinder wall wasn't damaged so it won't be too expensive to fix.
06Red - Gonna look at everything before it goes back together.
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1badzx12r
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posted July 04, 2012 10:52 AM
it looks like the piston next to it on the bottom of the pic has detonation also
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posted July 04, 2012 11:15 AM
How are the valves in the head?
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BrucerZX14
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posted July 04, 2012 11:36 AM
They look alright as installed but haven't popped them out yet so I can look at the valve seat. Gotta get my hands on a spring compressor tomorrow and go from there.
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posted July 04, 2012 01:19 PM
That is a lean/detonation issue. My number 1 cylinder was leaner than the rest a couple years ago. Found out the injector was bad when I sent them to be cleaned.
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