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I'm replacing my headgasket and I noticed that the coolant passageways don't align perfectly. Some are only half open. I have two gaskets from separate manufacturers but there holes are identical. I'm trying figure out why the holes don't line up perfectly. I'm thinking it has to do with regulating the engine heat, but I'm not sure if it boiles down to cheap gaskets or perhaps my cylinder is not OEM. The later seems unlikely though because head head matches so well. Does anyone know if this is how the engineers wanted it to be?
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Hey guys, I have a blown head gasket & some minor oil leak. I came across Bar's leaks sop leak products, doeas anyone recommend this product?
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Hi all. The other day while I was riding I blew a head gasket in my yz125. Decided to have a look at my piston while I had the top end apart to replace the gasket and found pretty deep scoring on the piston, as well as corresponding scoring on the cylinder and a chip in the nikasil. This happened 20 hours after I put a brand new oem cylinder and vertex piston in the bike. I have a new cylinder and piston on the way but I’ve just got a couple questions to help prevent this in the future. 1. Could this damage have been caused by the blown head gasket? If not what could have caused it? I always make sure my filter is clean, but could something have got into the intake to cause the damage? I was riding in sand when I blew the head gasket. 2. Other than the scoring, does the piston look to be in good shape after 20 hours? It almost looks like it is in too good of shape for the amount of time I was running it for as there is barely any wear apart from the scoring and there is no carbon buildup. Does this mean it is running lean? This is going to be the second time I’ve had to replace the top end due to damage the the cylinder, so I really want to avoid it happening again. Also I run 32:1 with fully synthetic oil. let me know if you need anymore information or pictures. thanks, Cameron
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Non oem head gasket and base gasket on a crf 450r
Patrick Fahy posted a topic in CRF450R/RS/RWE & RX
Hey guys What's your thoughts on installing non genuine Honda head and base gaskets on a crf450r? -
I was riding and I my bike overheated. I think my head gasket blew. It smoked presumably from the coolant entering the engine...anyways I opened my radiator cap and found oil sludged in there. I am now draining all fluids from the bike... could someone confirm it's a head gasket? Ps...when I bled my water pump water then oil came out.. and when I drained my oil water then oil came out
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I am replacing the head gasket on my 2015 EXC 500 and failed on my first try so I thought I'd ask for pointers. I believe I left some oil on the sealing surface so I am hoping that cleaning the cylinder and head well with acetone will help. Any other tricks for cleaning / prepping the cylinder and head? The cylinder and head are perfectly flat, I cab't get any feeler gauge under a straight edge. So I'm pretty sure I just installed the gasket wrong. I used the Tusk top end gasket kit and plan on using the same one the second time around. The manual calls for a max torque of 50 nm which seems loose, is that correct? When I took the bolts out the first time they were extremely tight, much tighter than 50nm. Do you bolt all four bolts directly to 10 nm, then 30nm, then 50 nm as the manual calls for or tighten in smaller increments? Do you reuse the head bolts and washers or use new? The manual calls for oiling the bolts, do you oil the threads or the top at the washer or everything? How do you keep the base and head gasket tight while you put the bolts in to make sure the oiled bolts dont contaminate the gaskets? Any other tips?
