Bandit Alley
MODEL SPECIFIC => SUZUKI BANDIT 250 & 400 => Topic started by: chef on April 04, 2008, 02:49:01 AM
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Oh boy...the drama continues.
After a 6 month project & rebuild....( yea i shoulda paid more attention to the bottom end but hey )...left cylinder compression very low so new rings are here ( thanks again Jay ).....after removing the starter clutch cover we find a small amount of water/oil in this area.
previously when we did the head with new vavle seals,springs etc a new gasket was used & no water leaks were apparent)
Any ideas where this water coming from? Possibly a slightly warped head?
Upon further inspection everything else looks norrmal..ie,no oil in the cooling system & no other areas with water in the lubrication system....head & valves look normal.
Thanks for any ideas.
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How "small" of an amount of water?
Any chance this is just condensation?
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Had the same thought yesterday as the bike has been sitting for about 6 weeks but the mech reckons its too much for condensation.
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It turns out that the head is slightly warped.....allowing water past the valves of cyl 2/3.
So the head was sent of to the machine shop but on closer inspection he thinks it has been machined by a previous owner & didnt want to do it again ( too close to the lip of the valves ) so the mech has made a second very thin gasket which he has done before & reckons we have a 50/50 chance.
Sooo.the question is if this isnt sucessfull are second B4 heads available anywhere...whats a ballpark price & if there is 1 around it has to be shipped to Bali.
Bottom end looks great...cylinders polished...the new rings fit very nice & i hope this is going to get me running nicely with all the other replaced parts.
:boohoo:
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I have a spare one email me