I'm in the process of getting my first bike, been looking for a while and I like the katana 600 for my first one. My problem is that I found a very cherry looking one a couple hours away from me for a good price, the problem however lies in the engine. I talked to guy for a few minutes and he had the oil pan replaced among other things, and had the engine flushed. I asked him why and he said the previous owner filled the crankcase with gas thinking it was the gas tank????
Not a clue how you can manage to accidentally do this. Anyways he said that immediately after buying had someone come over and do all the work, clean it, flush it, and check the engine out. He said they did a compression test and it came back solid. Said there was no flakes anywhere and the only thing they could see was a bit of rust right inside the oil cap hole.
I've rebuilt several engines and know how detrimental gasoline can be to the bottom end of an engine. I'm simply asking here to confirm my fears or to push me in the right direction. I dont want to buy a headache, and I dont want to buy a bike that I'm gonna have to replace the engine on.
Whats the worst case scenario here for this bike?
Most likely case?
Any comments from personal experience would be greatly appreciated, thanks guys and hopefully in a couple weeks I'll be out there riding with you guys.
Not a clue how you can manage to accidentally do this. Anyways he said that immediately after buying had someone come over and do all the work, clean it, flush it, and check the engine out. He said they did a compression test and it came back solid. Said there was no flakes anywhere and the only thing they could see was a bit of rust right inside the oil cap hole.
I've rebuilt several engines and know how detrimental gasoline can be to the bottom end of an engine. I'm simply asking here to confirm my fears or to push me in the right direction. I dont want to buy a headache, and I dont want to buy a bike that I'm gonna have to replace the engine on.
Whats the worst case scenario here for this bike?
Most likely case?
Any comments from personal experience would be greatly appreciated, thanks guys and hopefully in a couple weeks I'll be out there riding with you guys.
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