$25 or less COULD have saved my engine

[250X_project]

I just wanted to warn everyone...Instead of buyin a new base gasket i used some gasket maker, which got into and created a blockage in the oil stream....I pretty badly scraped up my NEW bore and piston and wore the stock honda cam pretty good as well.... I know alot of you do this to either save $ or decrease the deck hieght but, you may want to think again or at least be very careful...

[Wildbrain]

Man that really SUCKS. Sorry to hear that happened.

[rooster300ex]

That would make me sick if I done that to new stuff.

[250X_project]

Oh trust me it does...:ermm:

[250X_project]

Sorry Wildbrain, I forgot to mention how much I appreciate the sympathy

[rooster300ex]

Oh I for sure feel for ya.

[250X_project]

:) Thank you, imagine you doing that to your 300...:eek:

[250r4life]

lesson #1 with bikes- cant go cheap- it always ends up costing more money

[1fst400]

Originally posted by 250r4life
lesson #1 with bikes- cant go cheap- it always ends up costing more money

not true at all. you can cheep out, but the less money you spend should = more time it takes to get it done.

Ex, instead of using gasket maker, cut out a gasket out of gasket material. More time, cheep,

[TRFOXX]

The same thing happend to me once with a freshly built LT250R was so bummed that i spent all this money getting the engine redone to skimp on a gasket that you make blew it up!