broken ring on rebuilt 125 force

[bobmoore]

last summer 7-19-01 i bought a rebuilt 125 force 1989 motor from the local marina used it two times last year three times this year ,no. 4 clylinder has a broken ring and it took a tiny piece of the piston.the compression in that hole is about 50lbs.the rest around 145. the ? is ,is the dealer that rebuilt that motor liable for it .or do i pay to have a new piston put in no. 4 hole the wall is clean.<br /> thanks

 

[iRich]

Re: broken ring on rebuilt 125 force

bob, I guess that would depend on what kind of warranty you got with the motor. If you have something on paper there should be no problems. If not then i would think it will be the marinas call. Have you talked to them about it? <br />Rich

 

[Hooty]

Re: broken ring on rebuilt 125 force

I doubt if the dealer is gonna say it's his fault. Take a real close look at the piston and see if the pins are still in the ring grooves. If they are, you might convince the dealer he broke the ring installing it. If he's a decent kinda guy, he might half the cost with ya.<br /><br />g'luck & c/6<br /><br />Hooty

 

[bobmoore]

Re: broken ring on rebuilt 125 force

yea ,today i talked to them .there trying to tell me the timing caused the hole ,they haven,t seen the motor yet.there are no burn marks anywhere on that motor.plus you can see part of the ring in no.4 ,plus on no.2 a part of the ring must have got caught in the exhaust side hole because you can see where it clipped the piston on the top .the marks are made when the piston was going back in the hole .the marks are pushed out .no pushed in the piston. and i do have a receipt.it doesn,t say anything about a warr.i did pay 1600 for the motor ,i did the labor.

 

[bobmoore]

Re: broken ring on rebuilt 125 force

when the dealer thought it was the timing,that burned a hole in the piston he was going to charge me 150 for the piston 20 for gaskets ,and 250 labor .if was the timing i had no problem paying that .but it was not ,it was a broken ring ,. but i,ll probably end up paying it anyway

 

[HowieDean]

Re: broken ring on rebuilt 125 force

Force is pretty famous for braking rings.. most of the time there isn't any noticable damage to anything else.. I have torn them down that were running way rich.. and everything was good and wet and still had rings broken on 3 out of 4 cylinders... sounds like he's trying to give you a brake to me....

 

[bobmoore]

Re: broken ring on rebuilt 125 force

yea i gust,you can still see the hone marks in the clyinders yet,. plus he said he would do it right away .he is booked for about 5 weeks to.