the89 elite e is dead

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the89 elite e is dead

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riding down the road and it sorta backfired and lost power and now it wont run has about 40 lbs of compression and spark what is the problem
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It's called a ruined top end or melted piston. Pull the head and look. Chances are you will be pulling the jug (cylinder) and piston too.
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yea figured that.... hopefully i can get parts for a decent price.... i may be able to get another elite that i could use parts of
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elite e with nq50? one hundred dollars or less you can get a 44mm big bore kit more power and in my opinion way safter then the 48. cheap simiple easy thats what i would do :thumbwink:
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sb50p not nq50
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gbrebory wrote:sb50p not nq50

There is still a big bore kit for it.
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