I have had my SX-R for 2 weeks and its already busted... Here's the story...
First week I broke in the engine on stock as instructed and took it to a first service at the local Kawasaki dealer. After doing this I installed some engine modifications:
- JSU 26cc girdled head
- advent ignition
- factory wet pipe
- Dual bilge system
- Flame arrestors and adapters
- Skat Trak 75 prop
- Blowsion Rideplate
- JSU Sponsons
Less than a minute after I went for the first test run everything went wrong and the SX-R started to rev high and move at a low speed. When I took it out of the water and looked into the engine bay I could see that there was oil with the water already in there and had a feeling something went wrong. I directly took it back to where I installed the parts only to be informed a day later that this was all due to a company defect within the engine (The piston collar/ sleeve) which in turn destroyed one of my pistons and ejected itself through the bottom of the crankcase leaving a crack at the bottom.
Any of you ever experience this defect or heard about it? (keep in mind this is a newly broken in SX-R)
Thank you in advance for your comments/ help on this matter
First week I broke in the engine on stock as instructed and took it to a first service at the local Kawasaki dealer. After doing this I installed some engine modifications:
- JSU 26cc girdled head
- advent ignition
- factory wet pipe
- Dual bilge system
- Flame arrestors and adapters
- Skat Trak 75 prop
- Blowsion Rideplate
- JSU Sponsons
Less than a minute after I went for the first test run everything went wrong and the SX-R started to rev high and move at a low speed. When I took it out of the water and looked into the engine bay I could see that there was oil with the water already in there and had a feeling something went wrong. I directly took it back to where I installed the parts only to be informed a day later that this was all due to a company defect within the engine (The piston collar/ sleeve) which in turn destroyed one of my pistons and ejected itself through the bottom of the crankcase leaving a crack at the bottom.
Any of you ever experience this defect or heard about it? (keep in mind this is a newly broken in SX-R)
Thank you in advance for your comments/ help on this matter