Recent content by Mcurtis25

I?ll tear it all back apart and hardcore inspect the head and cylinder if it?s not the head. I may have been too eager and hopeful about the o rings that I overlooked something.

When I got down to it there was just one gasket on, the larger main one, but I had ordered the paper as well so placed it on top of the bigger one when I was re assembling.

Awesome thanks! I was looking for a video of some kind lol I?ll check it out!

There was dark oil that smelled like case oil came from the crank drain plug

Just pulled the main drain plug, that case oil is pretty transparent and thin compared to what a typical oil Change would be

No I haven?t, I?ll go do that right now and see what turns up

I think the case oil did lose some. And cylinder and head looked to be in good condition, base gasket was replaced. I guess I?ll drain the case and pull the right cover now. Any way the water pump could be causing anything related to this?

Maybe a little water just due to the consistency that it flowed out of the expansion chamber when cold. But the plug just looks normal, a little black, and smoke is thick and white, ran it after reassembly and it seemed to die down marginally at a higher rpm but power was still down, and...

I have a 2017 ec 300 which has had several problems arise, all at once it appears. First coolant would periodically leak from the overflow, sometimes in excess, but the drip/pour would sometimes stop if the cap was removed and reapplied, so I ordered a new cap that had yet to arrive before I...