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    Two Stroke Piston Diagnosis

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    Alfred E. Newman
    This document provides a guide to diagnosing common mechanical problems in two-stroke engines by examining used pistons. It describes 4 typical piston conditions: 1) a perfect brown crown indicating correct carburetor jetting; 2) a black spot on the underside caused by too hot of a piston crown from lean jetting or cooling issues; 3) an ash-colored crown showing the piston has run too hot due to lean jetting, spark plug heat range, ignition timing, compression, or general overheating; 4) a damaged crown from debris in the combustion chamber such as broken bearing parts or rings. The document advises locating the debris source and flushing crankcases to prevent repeated damage.

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    Two Stroke Piston Diagnosis

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    This document provides a guide to diagnosing common mechanical problems in two-stroke engines by examining used pistons. It describes 4 typical piston conditions: 1) a perfect brown crown indicating correct carburetor jetting; 2) a black spot on the underside caused by too hot of a piston crown from lean jetting or cooling issues; 3) an ash-colored crown showing the piston has run too hot due to lean jetting, spark plug heat range, ignition timing, compression, or general overheating; 4) a damaged crown from debris in the combustion chamber such as broken bearing parts or rings. The document advises locating the debris source and flushing crankcases to prevent repeated damage.

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    This document provides a guide to diagnosing common mechanical problems in two-stroke engines by examining used pistons. It describes 4 typical piston conditions: 1) a perfect brown crown indicating correct carburetor jetting; 2) a black spot on the underside caused by too hot of a piston crown from lean jetting or cooling issues; 3) an ash-colored crown showing the piston has run too hot due to lean jetting, spark plug heat range, ignition timing, compression, or general overheating; 4) a damaged crown from debris in the combustion chamber such as broken bearing parts or rings. The document advises locating the debris source and flushing crankcases to prevent repeated damage.

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    Two Stroke Piston Diagnosis

    Uploaded by

    Alfred E. Newman
    This document provides a guide to diagnosing common mechanical problems in two-stroke engines by examining used pistons. It describes 4 typical piston conditions: 1) a perfect brown crown indicating correct carburetor jetting; 2) a black spot on the underside caused by too hot of a piston crown from lean jetting or cooling issues; 3) an ash-colored crown showing the piston has run too hot due to lean jetting, spark plug heat range, ignition timing, compression, or general overheating; 4) a damaged crown from debris in the combustion chamber such as broken bearing parts or rings. The document advises locating the debris source and flushing crankcases to prevent repeated damage.

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    Two Stroke Piston Dia gnosis

    The process of examining a used piston can tell a mechanic helpful information on the conditionof an engine.
    When an engine failure occurs, the piston is likely to take the brunt of the damage.A careful examination of the
    piston can help a mechanic trace the source of a mechanical or tuning problem. This technical article serves as a
    guide for the most common mechanical problems that plague engines.

    1-PERFECT BROWN CROWN


    The crown of this piston shows an ideal carbon pattern.The transfer ports of
    this two-stroke engine are flowingequally and the color of the carbon
    pattern is chocolate brown. That indicates that this engine's carb is
    jettedcorrectly.

    2-BLACK SPOT HOT


    The underside of this piston has a black spot. The black spot is a carbon
    deposit that resulted from pre-mix oil burning on to the piston because the
    piston's crown wastoo hot. The main reasons for this problem
    areoverheating due to too lean carb jetting or coolant systemfailure.

    3-ASH TRASH
    This piston crown has an ash color, which shows that theengine has run hot.
    The ash color is actually pistonmaterial that has started to flash (melt) and
    turned to tinyflakes. If this engine was run any longer, it probablywould
    have developed a hot spot and hole near theexhaust side and failed. The
    main causes of this problemare too lean carb jetting, too hot spark plug
    range, too far advanced ignition timing, too much compression for thefuel's
    octane, or a general overheating problem.

    4-MASHED DEBRIS
    This piston crown has beendamaged because debris entered the combustion
    chamber and was crushed between the piston and the cylinder head. This
    engine had a corresponding damage patternon the head's squish band. The
    common causes of this problem are broken needle bearings from the small
    or bigend bearings of the connecting rod, broken ring ends, or a dislodged
    ring centering pin. When A problem like thisoccurs, its important to locate
    where the debrisoriginated. Also the crankcases must be flushed out
    toremove any left over debris that could cause the samedamage again. If the
    debris originated from the big end

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