Bad news / good news V-Raptor 250
At the 13000 km service, the Skyteam V- Raptor showed significant metal particles in the engine oil. At 13200 Km engine vibes increased beyond ignoring it.
The engine isn´t totaled yet and still ran good with normal performance. A repair might be possible with considerable but not overwhelming effort. (Bearings and possibly a new crankshaft.) The Season is just beginning and i do not want to start with an engine overhaul. Sometime in fall will be soon enough. So i bought a new Engine. The kit included: ready to install Motor plus carburator, CDI unit, regulator/rectifier, ignition coil. (just like Loncin deliveres it to the production line.) so i have some spares for future use. deinstalling engine https://up.picr.de/28633434yg.jpg empty frame https://up.picr.de/28633436fr.jpg New motor https://up.picr.de/28633439lr.jpg https://up.picr.de/28633442go.jpg Ready to run https://up.picr.de/28633445du.jpg Mess, still to clean up https://up.picr.de/28633447xs.jpg Still have to do the shakedown ride, but the engine runs good and smoth already. I will report about diagnosis and repair of the "old" engine in time. aah... cost factor was 690€ for the complete kit. regards Juergen |
low milage....wonder what went wrong..
anyway I was looking very hard at one of these Skyteam ST250... use the same motor...maybe I dodged a bullet..... http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/...m459180381.jpg .. |
Will be interesting to see where the metal bits are coming from. Always nice to have spare parts.
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sorry but interested in this issue
so I am not the only one experiencing problems with this Loncin engine and I am still far from those kms, surely lot less than 10000.............although I have squeezed this little bike far more than it can stand and "pimped" it with many modifications :hehe:
although I got myself a new bike in the meantime, I am still looking for a new/decently used complete engine to fix my Raptor, I wanna keep it.............but i'll NEVER EVER spend that money :ohno: so far I found good prices on chinese sites but they raise immediately 2-3 times when considering shipping expenses plus custom taxes :tdown: so far I have not found some european site or shop or user that can get me an engine :doh: many can ship parts but I don't want my mechanic to spend work time (and charge it) on a blocked engine >:( |
Well... "curiosity killed the cat"...and it shurely kills me. So i will open up that engine within the next days.
I wanna know too. Some bets on the damage ? |
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what was the cost of the replacement engine?
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Heck, if my wife's V-Raptor develops such "disease" too, I'm splitting that sucker and repairing it. Like the Doc says - no way, I'm paying 600-700 eur. for a new engine...
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oh Jürgen...
that´s a pitty with your bike/engine. But I know... it´s alway the same... Once I had a headgasket failure at my car, I have to make the same decision. The repair costs me 2,5 k€, but since then, no more engine damage. That has been at 120.000 km . Now i have 200.000 km on the car...and is still running smooth and good. I wish you the best and am looking forward, what the reason for the damage was.. |
So, do we have a diagnosis yet?
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