Piston Jam... TE 310

Dear husky guru,

I would like to know if this is under warranty. any dealer here care to help me. my bike have total of 4514 KM and is only 6 mth old. servicing is alway done at 1000km. tow my bike to the dealers and they told me it could be some carbon on the piston?sound crap to me. Please help me here thanks in advance.

Matthew

What does the spark plug look like; lean, rich or normal?

Did you ever get your water sensor fixed? Maybe it caused the engine to run lean.

Yah the bike was running and when i was slowing down the bike just stop.

nope i have not change the water sensor but every thing went back to normal 2 week ago after taking every sensor out for drying.

Dear all,

i would like to know what is the feeling or tell-tail sign of piston jam. i have brought my bike to the dealers and they say my bike does not have the problem of piston jam.

here is the story of how it happen.

(26/10/09 time 09.45pm)
I was on my way home from some night class and on the high way moving at the speed of 90++ KM/hrs at around 8k to 9k RPM, and i slow down at one of the bend the bike started to have cranking sound so i slow down and shift down 1 more gear that when the wheel lock and die on me. i quickly pull the clutch in and move to the side of the road to see what is wrong with my bike. putting it to neutral gear and try starting it, the starter motor seem to be stuck so i try to kick start and was unable to kick down the kick starter with the de-com lever pull in. so i ask my wife to tow my bike back home.

(27/10/09 8.00pm)
the next day i try to start my bike just to check if it has really jam. can't start with e start and kick start. going to tow my bike to the dealer in the afternoon. Total of 4514 KM and is only 6 mth old. servicing is alway done at 1000km.

(29/10/09 3PM)
the dealer told me that i can collect my bike saying that there is no piston jam and the temperature sensor was change under warranty and was the cause of the problem? as it stop the bike from moving??? ok i went down to collect my bike and went for a test ride to check if every thing is ok. less than 2km the bike jam on me agian and the bike die in the middle of the road and could not start. push it back to the dealer agian and show them what is wrong.

Question time.

do the sensor really cut off all starting mode?

when piston jam could the bike still shift in to neutral as i know 2 stoke cannot?

i have also started a 2008 Te250 with about 5k on the bike and compare with my bike which sound more noisy?

I think you have something wrong with the coolant system. The combination of the cylinder water temp sensor being very high and the jamming of the piston all point to the cylinder is not getting cooled.

The piston can over heat and expand to the point were it sticks in the cylinder. After it cools it can become unstuck, but you may have damaged both the piston, rings and cylinder.

You may have a bad water pump or blockage in some part of the water flow path. I hope you can find the problem and that no great damage has be done.

Have you checked the coolant level?

yah check it on the 27/10/09 morning all coolant at the correct level. but the engine oil is a little lower than half. still waiting for the dealer to call me on what is damage or what is the problem.

ok noted. will check with the dealer over my side.

husky guy i would like to know how long will factory reply a claim under warranty? for my bike with have a piston jam which is less than 6mth old and 4500km? cos it taking too long for a reply from my dealer.


Matthew