It did sit outside for 6 years and needs everything redone. It is air cooled. Where did the water come from??? Strange. I am more worried about the no-compression on #4. Not sure if I dropped a ring. I have never pulled a head. I try to avoid engine work. I dont have the maual either yet. Do you know if there is a Clymer or Haynes online somewhere?
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm assuming you have the tank off already, so you may want to shine a > light down in #3 first to get a rough idea what awaits you, but oddly high > compression and milky coffee effluent tells me you probably have water > damage in there. > > Kurt > On Feb 16, 2012 4:14 PM, "Ralf Oehlerich" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks. Looks like Coffee with lots of MILK. >> >> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Sounds like you have build up in #3. Might be worth it to pull the head, >>> make sure you won't break things. >>> >>> Kurt >>> On Feb 16, 2012 4:05 PM, "Ralf Oehlerich" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I just pulled the plugs and got the engine unstuck. Oil is running out >>>> that hole as expected. I am looking into tapping out the old thread and >>>> putting a new plug in there. >>>> >>>> I have a lot of brown stuff shooting out at me from cylinder 3. I >>>> dumped some oil into each cyl earlier today. It looks like a mixture of oil >>>> and water. The oil coming from the hole is nice and black. I have good >>>> compression on 1+2 (around 120) way too high on 3 (over 200) with the brown >>>> soup and no compression (under 50) on 4. >>>> >>>> I will plug the hole, drain and add oil and see what happens. I also >>>> need to rebuild the carbs and everything else. >>>> >>>> Just wanted to make sure that this hole should be plugged. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Wow, that's definitely some Previous Owner After Market Magic going on >>>>> there. >>>>> >>>>> -Kyle >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Ralf Oehlerich >>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks so much. I think I found the bolt on BikeBandit. It is the >>>>>> open hole you see here. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Welcome to the group. You can send a picture just by attaching it to >>>>>>> the email. I'm not quite picturing what hose you're talking about unless >>>>>>> it's one of the lines to the oil cooler. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -Kyle >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Ralf Oehlerich < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I work on bikes as a hobby and just picked up a 83 NightHawk 650. >>>>>>>> On the right side, lower front of the engine is a metal hose that >>>>>>>> broke off. Nothing is attached to the hose but a fitting. I assume this >>>>>>>> would be for an after market Oil temp gauge. >>>>>>>> In any event, the hole is now open with the fitting broken off >>>>>>>> inside. Is there a way for me to cap that hole if I get the old >>>>>>>> threads out? >>>>>>>> I can send a picture if needed. 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