I have a confession. I really miss riding my Tmax.
Last August I rode her into Houston traffic on a _really hot day. She started putting out white smoke. I have been in denial and despair since then. She's been a garage queen for past year.
So yeah, I fully expect there to be a cracked cylinder wall. I really have no near plans to rip it all apart to check atm. But sometime soon I suspect I will change my mind.
Anyways, about the fever I've been looking over some things and realized I might start adding ZDDP to my scooter oil. Thinking about messing with those bucket tappets has made me wonder if this wouldn't help reduce the running temperatures enough to have the coolant perform reliably and get more service life out of the valves so I don't have a repeat of a cracked valve every 35k miles or so.
wish me luck! Dx
Hope everyone is happy and healthy in these scooter-needed times
Last August I rode her into Houston traffic on a _really hot day. She started putting out white smoke. I have been in denial and despair since then. She's been a garage queen for past year.
So yeah, I fully expect there to be a cracked cylinder wall. I really have no near plans to rip it all apart to check atm. But sometime soon I suspect I will change my mind.
Anyways, about the fever I've been looking over some things and realized I might start adding ZDDP to my scooter oil. Thinking about messing with those bucket tappets has made me wonder if this wouldn't help reduce the running temperatures enough to have the coolant perform reliably and get more service life out of the valves so I don't have a repeat of a cracked valve every 35k miles or so.
wish me luck! Dx
Hope everyone is happy and healthy in these scooter-needed times