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Enduro Engine - 2 stroke Cylinder, Piston, Tranny, Bearings, Clutch, Pipes & Silencers, etc. |
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Beat me to it I'd start with some fresh coolant, flush the lines out, and inspect the impellor. Quick check for airleaks won't hurt either. Maybe slide the stator cover off and see if any oil weepage in the area. |
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Hi Jake, its the same gasgas with all the troubles from dbw. Its the one with your N3EG (which I bought from you) in it. It has fresh coolant although i'm going to drain it again to check the impellor, when you say flush the lines out do you mean leaving the drain screw out and running the hose in the top of the radiator for a minute or 2? As far as the stator cover goes I had it off about 5-10 riding hours ago when I had the stator out to be checked, and there was no oil in there then, and it was showing the same symptoms back the with the surging revs at that time so really nothing has changed in that time. this bike is not going to beat me!!
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Ok then. Bearing in mind ive never done any of this stuff before so my opinions are that of a novice. So, Ive drained the radiators and left the drain screw out and run some water through and it seems to flow ok. I took the water pump cover off and the impeller although looking a little discoloured for plastic doesnt appear to be damaged. Somebody mentioned previously turning the starter over with the cover off to see if the water pump is working and it appears that it is (the impeller was turning as i was moving the kickstarter). Ive then tried to check the thermostat. My problem is I cant find it? Ive been looking at the parts fiche for the bike. I can see a thermostat cover, gaskets screws and what not but no actual thermostat. So assumed if theres a thermostat cover which I believe is mounted on top of the cylinder head, there would be a thermostat underneath. so i took that cover off and just like the microfiche suggests, there is no thermostat under it. So where is it? Does the bike have one? Cheers
gents. |
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You need to check the impeller and see if it is spinning [loose] on the shaft causing it to not generate enough flow to keep up with the demand.
When it gets warmed up, expansion of the plastic may be the culprit. Another reason to change over to the metal impeller design. It is a tough call because you symptoms could be caused be several things. If the thermostat has been removed, that could cause a flow issue on the other end of the spectrum. Flowing too quickly to be effective at cooling at low speeds that do not "force" enough air through the radiator cooling fins. It's all about "gaining therms" efficiently.
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If you have a thermostat it'll be inline behind one of the rads. I don't think they were introduced until 2011, so probably don't have one.
Some signs of rubbing on the tips of the impellor is normal to a certain extent. Mass signs of being rubbed down is not. The area inside the pump cover which looks like its been rubbed is actually machined that way. You can check your tolerances by dummy assembling, but again.. I think the bulk of the issues with clearance kicked off in 09/10 models when they changed to a thinner impellor cover. Double check the manifold and airboot on the carb, and also check the breather for the tank, and that the tank can flow well with the fuel line off the carb. I run an inline filter to keep crap from making its way from the tank to the carb. Cheap and easy! |
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One more thing, if you decide to change the impellor, resist the urge to simply undo the bolt holding it on. On the backside of the shaft its driven by a plastic gear. If you crank on it you risk damaging the gear, so as painful as it is, the best method is to remove the rhs engine cover and use something to hold the actual shaft while undoing the retaining bolt.
Any idea where your jetting actually ended up? Can you pinpoint when the bike began behaving this way? |
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I suspect one of two things, in this order, probably both:
Rad cap over filled radiators Bad rad cap will allow the bike to over heat, not just vent. Pressure maintenance allows the bike to operate at a higher stable temperature, a bad rad cap will vent, causing temperature spikes. Over filled radiators won't allow any room for expansion of the fluid and therefore the rad cap has to vent off. A bad rad cap in combination with over filled radiators will cause over heating, or at least symptoms of over heating (biol over, pinging). So, get a new cap, like a 1.6-1.8 Bar, and just barely cover the fins in the radiator with water/fluid. Simple fixes first, then dismiss them with evidence.
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Ive checked the manifold and airboot on the carb, theyre all good. I also run an inline filter, it was on the bike when I got it. Do you change those things after a while or can you clean them? I'm not sure how long mine has been there. I'll check the other things. |
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The jetting at present is N3EG needle, 42p, 175m, AS 1.5 2nd clip from the top for the summer months. The bike started to behave in this manner after I sent it to the mechanic weve spoken of previously, so who knows what he did to it. |
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