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- Sep 22, 2007
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- 13,890
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- Michigan
- Vehicle Year
- 1987
- Engine
- 2.9 V6
- Transmission
- Manual
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- A legend to the old man, a hero to the child...
01 sportsman 500 h.o
Since i get better help here then on the polaris forums...
I found out why its burning oil like a fleeing iraqi.
Pulled the head off and there is so much slop in the bore that you can literally flop the piston around. I have no idea how it even ran....kudos to fuji heavy industries.
Anyways...
Im gonna replace the bore (jug?) And piston/rings. Trying to decide between a weisco kit (what im leaning toward) or a namura.
The weisco is forged vs namura that is cast. Ive heard horror stories on both, the weisco can cold seize and the namura can shatter, bend, and do all sorts of cool stuff.
Its obviously not a race machine and im not spending what they want for an OEM piston/jug.
All it does is trail ride and pull/push stuff.
Input from a few resident atv gurus?
Since i get better help here then on the polaris forums...
I found out why its burning oil like a fleeing iraqi.
Pulled the head off and there is so much slop in the bore that you can literally flop the piston around. I have no idea how it even ran....kudos to fuji heavy industries.
Anyways...
Im gonna replace the bore (jug?) And piston/rings. Trying to decide between a weisco kit (what im leaning toward) or a namura.
The weisco is forged vs namura that is cast. Ive heard horror stories on both, the weisco can cold seize and the namura can shatter, bend, and do all sorts of cool stuff.
Its obviously not a race machine and im not spending what they want for an OEM piston/jug.
All it does is trail ride and pull/push stuff.
Input from a few resident atv gurus?