Category : cylinder and piston

XT500 old piston in barrel

Cylinder and Piston

So it seems that it had been burning oil, again not excessively. Most likely through the exhaust valve. Either it’s not seating fully or a seal has gone. It was fairly easy to clean up most of the carbon on the top of the piston so I could then see that it was 0.75 over-size but what does ‘13’ reference? By moving the piston to the bottom I could see four score marks. They are not deep, I cannot feel […]