Why Do Engines Blow Up?
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Share your blown engine stories!
My little Honda CR125R had very poor compression, I am doing a rebuild on it right now, but I am not sure what happened.
I recently picked up a yfm350x out of a warrior that was "recently rebuilt" for a engine swap in a small gy6 buggy. As I tore into the engine, the stator cover was pinching the neutral safety switch wire causing the case not to seal right. The PO tried to seal that with blue rtv to stop the oil leak, but I imagine it was still ran like that. When I disassembled it further, the piston was scored, cylinder had slight nicks, head had a chunk missing in the chamber(salvageable), the con rod hardly rotated on the crankshaft. Wrist pin had to be beat out, and the "bearing" in the big end of the con rod came out in small, flat slices. The bottom of the case halves were covered in glitter and the oil filter was covered in a thick layer of blue rtv and metal shavings. Transmission and cases were pristine aside from that, so I'll be eventually rebuilding it after my current job with a marine ford 351w.
Tl;dr, top and bottom end on a yamaha atv engine was destroyed by an idiot pinching a wire with cases and draining the oil.
Has anyone ever seen a wrist pin cir clip come out and destroy a cylinder
some dude bought my bike and 5 days later told me the crank made noise and wanted me to fix it for free or he would sue me.. which ins't a thing in the state of Maryland and said he got me to notarize a warranty and I wasn't even there..
My buddy just had his cam bearing blow up and a ball bearing got lodged in the timing Chain sprocket and locked it up.
Dat feeling when ur engine blows up and u have to push ur bike 10km to home. Rips man inside very well.
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If it blows up on you u are doing something wrong! never in my time have I ever had any bike blow up. top end every 40 hours full engine every year 3 rides and oil change and always clean air filter simple. never grenade if you do that
@@williamr3151 Well my engine blew up because someone cut down a tube from my oil pump so I was riding for a while without oil. A few months after I got it repaired the same shit happened again. Some people can be real assholes.
Walk of shame
kkona ukko ite jouduin työntämään derpiä 4km lumisateessa
ChrisFix of motorcycles
except we know what his face looks like
Short answer, because Devin rides them.
Devin Niemela, show some love to your Yamaha street bike, after that ride on Cameron's motocross track hahaha
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That’s like me and my bro it’s his fault
I love how in depth you get in your videos. I learn something new every video I watch. Can’t wait to see the rebuild on Jeff’s 250 and the engine build on yours too!
Coming from a newb your videos are extremely helpful, high quality and well presented. Keep up the great work!
My 2-stroke 125cc heat seized one time but after it cooled down.. it worked completely fine and still is... I ride it everyday. The compression is the same as it was before
I just picked up an 03 CR250R. its in good shape, all the frame bearings were replaced as with the rims and hubs. The more of Cameron's videos I watch the more I want to spend on mine! Damn you Cameron!
For competition worth using a dial gauge every tear down and measuring things like con rod side deflection and piston height as well as regular checking of valve clearances.
For example in a 2t every time you swap rings, measure side to side rod defection so see how the big end is going as well as rinse out of the casing the see if there is any debris sitting at the bottom.
Color of the piston underside, signs of ash.
Main bearing radial and side deflection.
Measuring valve clearances can give early signs of some change to the valves that can indicate impeding failure.
Measuring piston height at exact TDC can show up signs of con rod stretching.
The piston on my cr500 recently blew apart ruining the crank and luckily nothing else really was damaged (except a few dents on the cases but nothing to worry about) and your videos have been really helpful on learning what I need to do to rebuilt the engine. For now on I will always take the cylinder off to inspect the piston and crank on every used bike I get.
How did it go
Hi Cameron, wish to see more races on the channel too. Here to support you! Always amazing contents in your videos!
Very helpful video Cameron, keep it up bro, don't worry about the CR, parts will get there soon enough.
4T or 2T
Im switching to ROTARY😂
🤣🤣
I wish
Ive seen a guy that lives near has one with an industrial rotary engine
But i bet a chineese 125cc kicks its ass at least on acceleration
Your videos are the best man. I always tell my bros to check out your advice. In so happy your doing well. Lots of respect from Akwesasne.
Great video Cam !! Thanks
Just keep doing what your doing. Maintenance, how to videos and riding videos. I'm not getting bored.
Hey I love your videos!! Can you make a video on how you got started parting out dirt bikes and how someone can start doing it themselves?
I think that 'how to' videos are the best. Especially with 4 stroke engines! Thanks for the videos!
Great video as usual! 💯
Great video! A too early ignition timing can also lead to a hole in the piston I believe
Hey Cameron been watching your videos for awhile and want to recommend something. In your editing software try and level out the sound and raise the volume. Volume is too quiet and too loud at some points. Mostly too quiet. But leveling out the volume would help so I don't have to keep turning up and down my volume. Just a recommendation I still really enjoy your videos as they are.
Another great video. Thanks amigo.
Never seen a bent/broken rod in a CRF 50. Seen some no oil/seized pistons. That tiny piston with the bent/fractured rod looked weird. Thanks for sharing.
Don yeah there stock bore us no bigger than lil pecker. But that looks just like the big bore 88 cc kit piston I just installed for a buddy of mine. Keep shredding!
Great video! Yeah the oil change, coolant, air filter is a must do, you won't be riding for a long time without changing it. 💥
I change my oil 1 to 2 times a year and i also do a lot of riding lmao
You gotta change your oil
What? I change mine every 1k and change box oil every 4k
Same, i think people are overreacting with oil changes i change oil every 50hours and its still good only black and oil filter is very good like new i open it and there is no shavings or anything but i use my bike for home use i didnt go to track even once.
Thanks this helped a lot 💙
2010 Suzuki DR-125SM. 150cc kit, ported cylinder head, bigger fuel injector, open airfilter and Black widow GP exhaust system. Banked 23.7hp on the rear wheel with 27Nm ft-lb of torque. Previous owner never bothered to check the oil retainer. about 3500km on the new build and the cylinder head exploded due to the amount of gunk that was in the filter behind the oil retainer, no oil was flowing trough the system anymore.. Camshaft and rocker arms were blue from the heat and completely bent. Piston expanded and the crown got stuck beyond TD, the connecting rod pulled the rest clean off the crown. Both valves were snapped. Amazingly enough, the crankshaft is undamaged, the crank balancer is bent however. This all happened in about 1 second on the highway going 140km/h trough a slight turn. I think I can thank god for not throwing my gearbox and still being able to roll her out with the clutch.
Is suzuki"s reliable
Thanks bro for the good information
with coolant also a water pump failure, i had a yz250 blow during a desert race due to a water pump failure, figured i was 50 hard hours into a top end and in 5th gear wide open in the hot desert and didn’t check my water pump. learned it the hard way and barely caught it running hot before it seizure still had cylinder damage....
Cameron love your stuff mate, I am an AUssie based in Phuket Thailand, we ride singke track in the jungles and mountains, my main bike is a KTM 525 EXC setup for tight single track (many mods) amd I also have (had) a CRF2050L with Takegawa 305 BB kit, EJK controller, Yoshi (clone) pipe, YSS susoensions mods and Renthal bars.. its went like a rocket, ran perfect ridden hard offroad only, was my backup bike and also for short adventure rides, was setting it up for longer trips .. THEN DISASTER .. i burnt clutch plates stuck in mud, a new mechanic replaced clutch plates, oil change etc and first easy 20 mins it blew to pieces at 120km slow cruising on a road trip, TOTAL destruction - pieces of metsl csm out the top of the crankcase (scary), pulldown revealed the worst news - full rebuild needed - 2 crank cases, cylinder , head, , valves, piston kit, etc (I can post pix link if anyone interested). Made no sense, its was an awesome engine, ridden hard offroad with zero problems, until then... mames me wonder if something done when last worked on caused it as seems big coincidence! anyway i dont want to go back to a stock 250 as I liked the 50% more power it had (my other bike is a KTM 525 EXC), I dont want to do the BB or Takagawa kits as I prefer to keep all Honda parts as when on advenrture rides all over SE Asia, will be easy to get parts. SO .. I am trying to decide between a rebuild using CBR 300 parts, or a full CRB300 engine transplant, or another that fits fairly easily. As I live in Thailand the CRF parts are cheap as they all made here, so thats a plus. Can you offer your thoughts? Anyone else done similar?
You should do more parting out bike vids. Love those!
Thanks for sharing this information
Nice video. I aspire to be like you and build bikes. Thanks for being detailed also, most people aren't as in detail as you
Yesterday i bought a new bike, went out for a ride and it ran great. Today i also went for a ride and suddenly the engine shut off and there were quite a bit oil dripping, I checked for leaks and i saw that the drain bolt weren't there... I had to roll it home (2km) but hopefully nothing have blown.
Are you really from Finland? And you make great videos, helps me alot with my dirtbikes! Greetings from Finland!! =D
When is the video coming out of jeffs bike getting rebuilt.
there were 5000 likes on that video in 4 days
Waiting for parts???
Great channel very helpfully I have a question I have Honda cr80 2002 and my water pump seal went and I changed them and the bearing and 1month later it went again why is this happening thanks
Great video. I'd like to see a video on low compression and things that cause it. My klx300 has sudden low compression when kicking over although runs just fine.
Whatever came from it? Im experiencing the same right now
Do you recommend cleaning the air box and air boot as well? Maybe during a winter maintenance
Awesozme content as always? Whatsup with the cr 250 engine build ?
It also depends on how hard you push it each trip. How long etc
A massively helpful video. Thanks Cameron!
My ktm 200sx crankshaft main bearing went out. I’m getting it serviced right now. Should be getting it back in a few days.
When I checked my spark plug on my atv that I rebuilt during the winter (Raptor 700r) the plug was grey and on the top was a oval shape that was a golden brown color. Good sign?
Can you explain why cam chains blow up on 4 strokes and how to prevent it?
What could you do to prevent a connecting rod from snapping? After About how many hours would you recommend rebuilding the top end and how many hours on the bottom end? Thanks 👍
I know the response is late but it varies for every bike
thanks for those tips dude cheers from new zealand
So it’s been like 3 weeks since the last CR250 upload? So................
Connor McCrum did you not watch the video he said he needs a few more parts not trying to sound mean though man but he said it in the video
Robert Mason I haven’t been watching all the videos recently because there basically all tutorials I already know so thanks I guess for telling me
Connor McCrum no problem man I know that came of kind mean but I understand what your saying
Im sick waiting for the finish video of that cr250 also. I watch almost of the video for 3hrs hahaha.
Guys he has cancer
On my 1999 Kx 250 the pipe’s o rings are bad and so are the two springs , my bike still fires up and rides well , am i causing damage to my bike when im riding it ?
Amazing brother when are you going to finish up your Cr250 ??
Hello ,Can you make a video of how to mix 2 stroke gas. I'm really new on them and other vdo on youtube right now is kinda confusing with the ratio for each brand,bike.
I blew my motor up last year cause my powervalve got stuck and the piston had too much play it costed my father 365 overall Zylinder piston and so on I got a question how can you get you’re two stroke running as cool as possible
I have a very puzzling problem with my bike. Only 16 000 km, bought new, always state of the art tuned and maintained . I drive it with care and never push it to its limits. I'm the only driver and noboby else has access to that bike. That bike always give a great service and satisfaction until 2 weeks ago, as I noticed that the engine oil was low. I always used Motul 4w40 Synthetic oil. So I filled up back until the oil level was full and went back on the road. After only 65 km, I checked back the engine oil level and the oil level had dropped to the half. Thinking the oil filter could be in trouble and making the engine oil pressure to open the oil pressure relief valve causing oil to be burned, I changed the oil and the oil filter. I filled back the engine with the requested 4.6 L of Motul 4w40 Synthetic. One hour later in the garage, while the engine did'nt run, at my surprise, the oil level was less than the milldle of the oil stick. I filled up back, adding 1 more liter of oil. I runned the engine for a couple of minuts to be sure that the new OEM oil filter would be full. Then I went home to sleep. The next morning, I went to the garage and once again the engine oil level was a bit over the minimum. I added again oil. Now I filled up my bike with a total of 6 liters of engine oil even the user manuel and the service manual say that it takes not more that 5.1 Liters when the engine is completly dry. That bike don't leak, never leaked and doesn't smokes when I drove it for testing in order to discover why that engine oils is disappearing. Where that oil can go into the engine, if it is not burned, it doesn't go on the ground ? Does somebody from you have a clue to help me.
Over that, the engine always runned well and gived good performance and still runs well.
Thank you very much. It's a 2013 Nomad 1700 cc. I would appreciate any idea that could help solve this puzzling mechanical situation.
Can you do a video on replacing timing chains?
Hello sir,
I have a Yamaha WR250X! I use a mesh oil filter instead of the OEM paper oil filter! Is it okay for my WR? And how long will I need to use it for, replace it , or do I need to clean the mesh oil filter every oil change or what?
Thanks a lot in advance, sir!
I had a small Ninja Pocketbike when I was a kid that I sort of modified and I always used to go to a abandoned small runway and raced with friends. It’s brought up quite a bit in racing. Never drain the oil in a race! You’ll lose! Haha
I had change my oil on my ssr 189 before riding and forgot to tighting to oil bolt and on my way home bout to clean and put it away when the engine lost like all power and started clankin loud so before it really siezed i killed it i put a new bolt and oil in it and now it it tick loud i think its the valves ive adj dang close to spec and still clicking or ticking is it ok to ride it?????? Can some plz answer this thanks
Quality of coolant won't cause any failures, you can run any fluid thin in a radiator and it will be fine. I don't suggest that but we get your point. Other why's great video.
I ride a 2t but how do you now that there is comming steam out of the exhaust and Nice vid
Rod snapping on the 250 is rod fatigue from bouncing of the rev limiter being ran too long. Rev limiter cuts spark and without the combustion event to ‘cushion’ the piston @ TDC when it needs to change direction. This accelerates fatigue in the rod @ it’s weakest (smallest cross section) point, or below the piston pin.
How is the MX-track doing? Go-pro lap? :)
Fabulous operators 😀🍻
What's the best 2-Stroke oil to use in the gas mixture on a 90's cr250r ? Any help will be appreciated thx.
I change my oil every eight hours. I do a little bit of racing but have never touched the rev limiter. The colour of my oil when I change it is a dark brown almost a light black. Is this too dirty?
2010 crf250r...bought used rode it 30 min..grenaded th motor..same story of needle bearing cage coming apart..like ur buddy Jeff very common..1 Hot Rod stroker crank kit later..still going strong...
So i hust bought a yz250f 2007 and i rode it maybe 30 mins and put it away for the night, the next morning i go to kick start it give it one kick and i have such a high back fire, i can bump start it but the kickstart has no compression
(Edit) is it blown up or whats going on ?
Maxima is definitely in my opinion the best oil that is available almost everywhere
At one of my races there was a kid revving his bike before the race outside of the gates before they let us in to line up so all I heard was a loud bang and I thought the powervaulve was sucked into the engine or a hole was in his piston
I need a friend that's smart like you lol I watch your videos to learn about engines and mechanics I bought a non running 2000 r6 and got it running but I'm not good with tunning carbs and I know you can do a good check up on it if I knew you
When to I need to rebuild my engine?
so my engine blew like last week, they way it happened was strange and i don't really know how. i have found out that the ignition plug was too long and the piston hit the tip of the plug which punched a hole in the piston. i wonder how this happened and how much damage there is to the engine. i was going to order a new sylinder with a cranck shaft anyways but if more of the engine is broken i'll just buy a whole new engine
Why does my dirt bike make a loud boom sound when i was pushing it forward and it wasnt turned on
What do you do with your old bikes do you have it in storage or something
how much transmision oil you put in bike? in ml or L (liters)
What premix do you use on your 2stroke?
Everyone always talks about how much cheaper a two stroke is to rebuild but never consider how many more hours you get out of a four stroke. If you pay for a complete 2t rebuild you’ll pay around 500-800 depending on how you do it and a 4t will most likely be 600-1000. You’ll pay more for the 4t but will get 50 more hours before having to do it again, if you build your own motors it doesn’t matter then. 🙃
Well my 85 just went through it’s 6th top end today I don’t know why it keeps blowing up most of the time I’m not even wide open and I just put a new top and bottem end about 2 days ago 😤
Sounds like a rider problem to me
Bruh are you mixing your gas? And if u are running 50/1 switch to 32/1
Lost compression on my 2001 yz125, took the head off and the head was destroyed along with the piston. The ring seized around the piston. So I split the case and threw in a new crank with all new bearings! Now i'm just waiting on the kickstart shaft since it was stripped out and the bottom end will be done! Any recommendations for top ends? I installed the Wiseco bottom end kit
Wiseco
Last Spring my crank shaft snapped :( had to push it home lol
Had a valve drop on my rc390 once, needed a whole new top end as well as a remap to match the exhaust I had put on it, expensive mistake to learn from, don't just add an exhaust without remapping
I'm looking to buy a dirtbike but I don't want to rebuild my engine as I don't know how to. What would happen if I don't rebuild it?
first day i got my motorcycle license, i took my 06 thundercat about 10 miles from home doing 60 mph on the highway when i hear a bunch of clanking and the bike dies. was stuck for 2 and 1/2 hours before i got home lol
*so does that mean if you never change your piston on your 2t it woild judt lose compression over time but not seize? People always say 2t biles seize bcuz some1 didnt change the piston which makes no sense at all to me*
ACreativeName if the cylinder bore or piston starts wearing too much the piston can start “slapping” inside the cylinder and break the side skirts off the piston.
ACreativeName It wouldn't seize it would become brittle and crack from wear. As the guy above said
Another thing I've seen is that everyone thinks he is the best motorcycle tech. I have seen numerously that these wonderful technicians puts the c-clips in wrong or not properly seated. 6 out of 10 rebuilds I do is because of this!
Is it normal for two stroke engine oil coming out grey?
Hi i just blew my ktm 525 engine need help
Was driving then i heard like n small pop sound and the bike just loss power and died its also fully seized up wont kick does any one know maby of its falves or something
The 3rd piston you showed looked like it hydrolocked which would have bent the rod.
When are we gonna get the cr250 video?
I see you switched from the rotella t?? The maxima Mtl better?
What’s your opinion on amsoil dominator and interceptor two stroke oil?
cool dude good information
When does a new video about the crf250 coming up next?
Why did you stop using Rotella oil
2-strokes tend to seize after a while when people let off the throttle, but keep the bike is gear which deprives the engine of it's main source of engine oil.
What’s the link to that seat cover?
my big end bearing blew up a couple of days ago had pieces of metal bouncing above the piston and then when between the piston and cilinderwall, pretty fucked up
I was riding with the pack on holloween on my cr85 on 6th gear for about 2 miles and my bike just bogged out ???(blewup?) this has happend to me before I just changed the spark plug and it started working again but this last time , I tried to change it and get back on the rode but it didn’t work , then like 10 min later ,it cranked right up like nothing rode for about 20 min then it did the same ,????? Any advice ?or has this happened to anybody and what did y’all do or what was the issue for this to happend ?
I blew my engine today on a cr450r for the second time going around 90mph maxed out , in the desert had to leave my bike in desert and get my truck becuase no service
Setting a 2 stroke idle!
I am pretty new to bikes and I am getting yz 125 tomorrow. Kinda scared of the blow up stuff. I didn't know that I had to change gear oil or something so often. I am riding just for fun. I am not riding on motocross track but I still have to change the gear oil?
TaaviP how are you doing now?
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