• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

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2004 TE250 rebuild options advice needed

kev900sp

kev900sp

Husqvarna
A Class
My son loves his 04 TE250 (has 07 plastic,seat and tank) but it emits white smoke on cold start. Otherwise the bike runs great and has been very reliable. I've been told by my mechanic/spiritual advisor to start think seriously about ,at the very least ,a top end rebuild. Any advice on this out there? Are there top end kits available that are either stock Husqvarna or aftermarket? Is the 300 ,I think by Athena, a good idea? I hate the idea of an expensive redo but the bike is worth investing wisely in and if this were a 2 stroke it'd already be done. Being a potentially expensive 4 stroke however....Thanks in advance, Kevin White
 

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Is the muffler oily? Is there a blue tinge to the smoke? Is so, it's oil and could be just a leaky valve stem seal.

If its white, you could have a leaky head gasket that is allowing rad fluid into the combustion chamber.
 
No oil on muffler, the smoke seems to be white and goes away quickly once engine is warm. The bike is a later year 04, do all have the problematic titanium valves?
 
White smoke means coolant not oil, if you are absolutely certain it is white. A pressure test of the cooling system may be in order here. I would recommend pressurizing the cooling system to a few PSI and see if the pressure bleeds down on the gauge. Leak down could mean head gasket or crack somewhere.

Oil would emit a blue/black smoke. Your oil level would be going down as well, so, valves don't seem to be the problem unless you have low compression also. Another check would be to do a leak down check of the cylinder. This would not only check the sealing integrity of the combustion chamber but could also possibly pin point a leak to the cooling system. The cooling system pressure would also go up during the cylinder leak down check it that is the problem.

Invest in some tools or give it to a good technician to check is my advice.
 
R_Little said:
I do believe these bikes had weak TI valves and that is most likely your issue.
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IMHO, Bad valves would cause low compression or even backfires, not white smoke. White smoke is common with burning coolant.
In case the valve stem seals were worn, that would be blue/black smoke.
 
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