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From: gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: RZ350 problems
Message-ID: <468@ihu1m.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 19-Jun-85 09:55:28 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 19 09:55:28 1985
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> I just got a call from my local Yamaha
> dealer telling me that my brand new 1984
> RZ350 ( ~1500 miles ) tried to weld its 
> rings, cylinder, and piston into one immovable
> structure.
> This probably explained why it refused to start
> one day, but what I'm wondering is what could
> have gone wrong.  The service guy said that
> the cylinder was covered with burnt oil...
> ...I would like to know what happened so I can
> keep it from happening again.  
> 
> Cliff Stevens

Ah yes, lubrication failure.  The "refusal to start" sounds
odd--usually piston seizure occurs during hard running.  To
have your bike seize up just as you get it into the garage
is awfully lucky, actually.  It sounds like your cylinder
got gummed up from running at wrong temperature or wrong
mixture.  If you've got the right plug then something
very freaky happened to your injection system or the reed
valve.  Probably nothing you could have avoided through
normal care and maintenance, assuming it was running fine
up to that fatal morning.
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