Does this RAVE Valve look OK?

[JoeRJGR]

The brown color makes me think that oil has come in contact with water....thoughts?

Thanks

 

[Ckrawiec]

It has always been my experience that "chocolate milk" USUALLY means water is mixing with something (oil and/or carbon - exhaust) and the engine is the blender (so to speak).

My RAVEs have always come out covered in BLACK carbon and dry, hard coating....never "juicy"....you got issues going on with that engine I think.

 

[JoeRJGR]

It has always been my experience that "chocolate milk" USUALLY means water is mixing with something (oil and/or carbon - exhaust) and the engine is the blender (so to speak).

My RAVEs have always come out covered in BLACK carbon and dry, hard coating....never "juicy"....you got issues going on with that engine I think.

Thats what Im think too..thanks

 

[JoeRJGR]

Looks like this is pretty common....

 

[mikidymac]

No, it isn't common for the RAVE valves to look like that at all.

 

[POPPS]

the boys are correct,,,the mush means water infiltration.

 

[JoeRJGR]

So can some one please let me know how I track this down? The new to me ski was used once and ran great, but after shutting down would not re-start. Can not spin by hand, pistons look OK, I am in the process of taking the starter out to see if that is what is binding it up...could the water in the RAVE valve be related to the "locked" situation? Thanks for your help with this.

 

[mikidymac]

Starters almost never lock up the engines, it is usually the pump or engine.
I would pull the pump first.

 

[JoeRJGR]

already did...pump is fine..