Re: Lost Compression

["Tom Cutter" <tpcutter@xxxxxxx>]

Sadly, this is not an uncommon problem. When the cylinder head is removed, 
the dealer will find that the exhaust valve has a piece missing, like it 
just burned out. That is the cause of the compression loss.
Tom Cutter
Yardley, PA
www.RubberChickenRacingGarage.com
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: <samnt650@xxxxxxx>
To: <oilheads@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 10:08 AM
Subject: Lost Compression


> Wondering if this happened to anyone on the list.  My ride is 99 R1100RT 
> w/ 42000k miles.  One day I tried to start the bike and found it ran very 
> bad.  It felt like running on one cylinder.  Bike simply couldn't go far 
> and ended up towed to dealer.  Initial diagnostic shows I lost compression 
> on one cylinder.  The shop has not taken the bike a pieces yet.
>
> Has anyone experienced bike w/ such low milage w/ (1) stuck valve?  (2) 
> blown seal of any sort?  (3) bad luck???
>
> Since I did majority of work, the bike received regularly services (valve 
> adj, oil chg...)
>
> THANKS
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