Saved it.

[Mekanix]

2016 gti 130 that was burning oil like crazy came apart today and this is what I found.This was about to pop at any moment but didn't.
This is the center cylinder and the other two are fine.

This machine had an issue with oil filling the plug tubes and causing a dead cylinder.
I wonder if this is the result of that cylinder losing spark.

This also after 1100 hours of use !!!!

 

[CanAmFlyer]

Man, yes you did.

Whats the worse that could've happened if the piston split apart?
The experts here would know..

 

[Mekanix]

WWold have destroyed the block and head.

Now I'm trying to find all the little bits and parts.

 

[mikidymac]

1,100 hours? Wow!.

 

[Ckrawiec]

1,100 hours? Wow!.

They must have "endless summer" up in Nova Scotia....my '96 only has about 150 hours on it....he's talking about a 2016 (3 years old).....beating the snot of it, no wonder it is breaking up!

 

[Mekanix]

Rental! 12 hrs a day every day during the summer time for 3 years and of course balls to the wall most of the time

 

[benjilafouine]

Yeah, people don't realize that here up North (Canada I meant...), summers are very short. So when we're in it, we run our boats/skis like crazy before we return in the damp and cold and snow... (but we have ATVs and Ski-Doos for that...).

I am happy to see that a 4-tec can last that long!!!

 

[Mekanix]

One has 900 and another with over 600, all 2011 models.