Ski has 17 hours since rebuilt by SES 27 months ago. Compressor was new at rebuild.
I was riding my 2002 GTX DI, and my kid knocked the key off. When I went to restart, it bogged and would only idle. I pulled the ski out and found liquid in the rave vacuum lines - it was gas. I pulled the top of the compressor off and there was some black plastic particles on the compressor cylinder wall. I noticed the sleeve would spin easily... with the piston spinning as well. It pulled right out, and the big rod end was fine, but the bolt had come loose.
I pulled the (everything else first) compressor crank cover off to see if the balance shaft was damaged and it looks fine. See pics of the bolt though. Also notice the inside of the compressor cylinder. The motor somehow ate the plastic spacer bushings that go into the piston, outside of the pin. I'm not sure what failed first.
There was also plenty of oil in the bottom of the air compressor area (along with some gas - which I assume backflowed somehow through the air system), and the plastic shavings could have easily plugged up the return line in the bottom of the reservoir. I can't imagine how the bushings got out or how the new cylinder wall would eat them, and then the pin slid side to side eating the cylinder wall, followed by the lower rod bolt backing out. Big mess.
Before I put it back together with new parts, I just wanted to get some opinions on what you all think happened.
Thanks!
I was riding my 2002 GTX DI, and my kid knocked the key off. When I went to restart, it bogged and would only idle. I pulled the ski out and found liquid in the rave vacuum lines - it was gas. I pulled the top of the compressor off and there was some black plastic particles on the compressor cylinder wall. I noticed the sleeve would spin easily... with the piston spinning as well. It pulled right out, and the big rod end was fine, but the bolt had come loose.
I pulled the (everything else first) compressor crank cover off to see if the balance shaft was damaged and it looks fine. See pics of the bolt though. Also notice the inside of the compressor cylinder. The motor somehow ate the plastic spacer bushings that go into the piston, outside of the pin. I'm not sure what failed first.
There was also plenty of oil in the bottom of the air compressor area (along with some gas - which I assume backflowed somehow through the air system), and the plastic shavings could have easily plugged up the return line in the bottom of the reservoir. I can't imagine how the bushings got out or how the new cylinder wall would eat them, and then the pin slid side to side eating the cylinder wall, followed by the lower rod bolt backing out. Big mess.
Before I put it back together with new parts, I just wanted to get some opinions on what you all think happened.
Thanks!
