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#1 |
Join Date: Sep 2023
Posts: 4
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I have a bike with a 200cc 169FML engine.
This morning my battery was dead, so I had to kickstart the little beast. I found that it was extremely hard to get it to turn over, almost as if there is way too much compression. After charging the battery it started easily, but now I understand why it sometimes kicks the started clutch out. So, could it be valve lash? Intake is .005 and exhaust is .008. Is the exhaust too much? I have noticed a lack of real performance. A while ago we had a seriously hot day, and the bike came alive with plenty of power, so I am thinking that it could be that the hotter engine had something to do with it, hence my leaning towards bad valve clearances. I am also considering the fact that the timing chain could be stretched, or has even jumped a tooth as the idling isn't the smoothest. The bike has done more than 50 000 kilometres on this engine, so it is a real stalwart.(not going to mention the peripheral parts that are not quite as durable.) |
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#2 |
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 1,907
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Valve lash wouldn't be the cause. Maybe carbon build up in the combustion chamber? If it has a timing chain it may have an automatic compression release on the cam that wasn't engaged.
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#3 |
Join Date: Dec 2020
Location: Dayton Pa.
Posts: 915
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Muffler Bearing
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#4 |
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,357
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Did you try to push start the bike?
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