Out for a ride Saturday and it wasn't cold out,about 5 Celcius (40 Farenheight ? ),anyway put on about 25 miles,last 5 or so were slow like 40mph and only using 1/4 or 1/5 throttle. Engine was working fine and then it missed and popped and started rattling. I shut it off immediately fearing the worst,as I just got this engine back together about 2 weeks ago from last year's meltdown.
Long way round to the question but has anyone suffered the midrange meltdown Vipers are prone to?
I just finished tearing the top end off the engine and that's when I found the centre piston was toast. I checked the carb boot and it's good So I went through the carbs and I cleaned them although I didn't see anything in them to lead me to believe the fault was in them. I had about a half tank of fresh gas in it on top of the other half that was only a week old. No idea of the volume the dealer sells so I can't say if it was the freshest gas or not. From looking at the wash on the two remaining pistons I'm thinking it was running lean and the combustion chamber temp got too high for the piston. Jetting is '01 spec, 148.8-148.8-150 m-c-pto. I can't think of anything else this could be but I'll include pics so everyone can have a look see. Engine is bone stock with the exception of a can on it.Pics are centre- mag and PTO.
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Long way round to the question but has anyone suffered the midrange meltdown Vipers are prone to?
I just finished tearing the top end off the engine and that's when I found the centre piston was toast. I checked the carb boot and it's good So I went through the carbs and I cleaned them although I didn't see anything in them to lead me to believe the fault was in them. I had about a half tank of fresh gas in it on top of the other half that was only a week old. No idea of the volume the dealer sells so I can't say if it was the freshest gas or not. From looking at the wash on the two remaining pistons I'm thinking it was running lean and the combustion chamber temp got too high for the piston. Jetting is '01 spec, 148.8-148.8-150 m-c-pto. I can't think of anything else this could be but I'll include pics so everyone can have a look see. Engine is bone stock with the exception of a can on it.Pics are centre- mag and PTO.






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