A friend of mine who I hunt with and help with trapping had an issue with his vk. We both knew the previous owner and that he was having issues with the pto cylinder flooding out the spark plug. Was advised coil was bad. Replaced and did not make a difference. Anti fouling plugs helped but just kept getting worse. Finally took it in for compression test. Mag side, 120 psi. Pto side 10 psi. As he could not use the sled, I picked it up in late October but it got put on back burner until my sleds got serviced. Owner was ok with that. I got to it just before Christmas of 2021. Tore the engine down in enclosed trailer I had it in. Pto cyl came off when I wiggled it. Mag side I had to beat off with a rubber mallet. Found the issue, bad base gasket. With Covid supply chain issues, I didn’t get the pistons/rings from Yamaha until end of January.
old pistons.

old pistons.
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