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Vint-mow, my problem with these motors was that because they were "Hondas" I did not expect they would have had such a bad design fault built into them so I never went looking for the cause but it was blatantly obvious once I had a close look at what was happening
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Sounds like old mate has a bad blind spot there!
But I've struck the same thing in the past too; one small engine mech who worked in our family OPE business was much the same.
Brilliant at small engine, farm machinery and milking machine diagnostics and repairs. But treated his own gear like Poo, especially his car! Sounds like one of the diary farmers near here. He will proudly tell you he's never had to change the oil on his ute, just needs topping up every so often! Mind you he drove 20km to our place with a flat tyre because he didn't have a jack! He also has a dislike for the native Blackwood trees along the gravel roads and found out the hard way that an 80hp John Deere front end loader doesn't like felling trees at high speed. He split the tractor between the engine and gearbox on the spot !!
Last edited by LRT; 13/06/17 07:20 AM.
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AVB, I finally got round to testing it with the regular compression gauge. The compression is 85psi when cranked swiftly by hand. You said that you have good compression. What is it? It should be around 65-70 psi even with the decomp active, 120+psi with it disabled. If below 65 psi I would be suspecting either worn cylinder and a bad valve. I had one generator here that was low hours that the cylinder was worn out and ovaled. When I honed to the oversized .020" the oval didn't clear until .019".
Because it runs once started it should eliminate the ignition and fuel as being the problem. All left is compression problems.
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Hmmmm. It looks like a re-badge. They're both probably re-badged chondas. Oh, the irony.
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