First and foremost I am new to 2stroke and 4 strokes. I got a blaster in trade for a totaled Tahoe. Ran great for a while and the the oil injection stopped working and was obviously risen without lube. Tore it apart and piston was fried. New top end installed and now there is a chirping noise when I kick start it. Suspected air leak and took off the reed valves and no more chirping.
Chirping when kick starting
- Thread starter blaster monkey
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I heard about the leak down testers. But is there any other way as I don't have one. Unless someone in Fort Wayne, Indiana has one I can borrow
If ridden without oil to the point the piston fried, it is likely the crank is not far behind. Just sayin'...
The reed does occasionally make a strange faint squawk. You did the right test by removing it to see if it altered the noise. A bad crank will sometimes make a chirp/squeak noise too. My KTM125 crank just failed. an odd chirp when kick starting was my clue.
