View Full Version : honda 185 three wheeler no compretion
huntercurtis
01-05-2011, 10:26 PM
I have a 1980 honda 185 three wheeler my kid was riding it she said it made a ping sound and just quit. It does not have any compretion I tore it apart the piston and rings look ok. What else shoud I look for?
MudBug
01-05-2011, 10:38 PM
stuck or bent valve
rdlsz24
01-05-2011, 11:19 PM
Yeah take a look at the head. Are either of the valves open slightly? I had a quad with a bent valve and you could see it was open all the time when looking at it
Rob
Nightmare
01-05-2011, 11:40 PM
Gotta be something with the head. Like everyone else said, check the valves.
beets442
01-06-2011, 12:24 AM
Maybe camchain broke?
huntercurtis
01-06-2011, 01:11 AM
thanks I will check the valves. when I took it apart the cam chain was off the sprocket I thought that was the problem I put it back on and put everything back together but it still did not have any compression
bcredneck
01-06-2011, 01:45 AM
that chain cant just be put back on the spocet its gota be timed with the fly wheel sorryif you did but you didnt say anything
if that chain came off and there was a ping sound i bet my ass you have a bent valve
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