Replacement engine - maintenance before installation? - SV650.org

Daveog · 22-03-12, 09:58 PM

Hi all,

I've bought an engine from a forum member with unknown history or mileage.

Apart from changing the front sprocket and spark plugs, are there any other maintenance jobs you would suggest doing while it is easier to access out of the bike and before I put it in?

Dave

Sid Squid · 22-03-12, 10:45 PM

Valve shims. Leak down test to ascertain engine health, but you've already bought it so unless it's as duff as a duff thing I suppose you're going to use it anyway.

Daveog · 23-03-12, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

Valve shims. Leak down test to ascertain engine health, but you've already bought it so unless it's as duff as a duff thing I suppose you're going to use it anyway.

Thanks Sid!!

22-03-12, 09:58 PM	#1
Daveog Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 247	Replacement engine - maintenance before installation? Hi all, I've bought an engine from a forum member with unknown history or mileage. Apart from changing the front sprocket and spark plugs, are there any other maintenance jobs you would suggest doing while it is easier to access out of the bike and before I put it in? Dave __________________ 2002 SV650S K2 + 2005 CBR125-R (my 2009 SV650S Dark Grey K9 was stolen in Hextable 18/7/12 )

22-03-12, 10:45 PM	#2
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Re: Replacement engine - maintenance before installation? Valve shims. Leak down test to ascertain engine health, but you've already bought it so unless it's as duff as a duff thing I suppose you're going to use it anyway. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

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