markjs
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I can't for the life of me see any sign of what caused the loss of compression, at least in the top end. The rings and piston look fine and needle bearings not wrecked. I guess it could have been a loss at the head gasket and it wasn't running, didn't put any carbon on so I can see it. I expect just a new gasket set and reassembly will probably get it running again. Here's pics in case anyone can see something I don't?
While I like the idea of ordering with a warranty, I also really can't afford a $200 hit. The ease of payments and the price makes CMB very attractive, and while he offers no warranty, I have a feeling he's a good enough guy that if I made a stink here, he'd probably fix any problems.
Anyway I guess I am probably going that route again.
Well I just ordered a gasket kit on Amazon, in hopes it works, without having to get down into crank seals. I'll probably buy a second "pre ported" engine from CMB because they have just the engine for $119 and I can use PayPal to break that up over two months of four payments. I guess if you need reliability in such a machine, you probably absolutely need a second engine so you have something while you fix breakages.If your base gasket or seals blew out, you would lose most of the pressure that drives the intake charge into the combustion chamber. No air/fuel in combustion chamber to really compress. It will feel like you have no rings because the volume of intake charge is too small
While I like the idea of ordering with a warranty, I also really can't afford a $200 hit. The ease of payments and the price makes CMB very attractive, and while he offers no warranty, I have a feeling he's a good enough guy that if I made a stink here, he'd probably fix any problems.
Anyway I guess I am probably going that route again.