15 MSH missing in lower cycilinder

[yammie15]

Thanks for the help nailing the year of my 15 horse down to '07...

Now to the real problem I'm having. On cold start, the lower cylinder misses. Once the engine warms, it runs pretty well.

The bottom plug fowls up.

I have swapped plugs and coils. Replaced plugs with new. Checked the fuel pump for water and diaphragm integrity. Ran a quart of gas additive with PEA to clean the fuel system. Sprayed the carb with cleaner. Compression on both cylinders is good.

Now take a look at the photo. Can anyone tell me what all that crusty white stuff is around the head gasket?

Thanks in advance,
You guys are great!
Bry

[robert graham]

Looks like the head may have been removed for some reason?...maybe head warped or not sealing properly?....a good bit of mineral/calcium deposits there at the gasket area...

[yammie15]

I've had the engine since new and the head has never been off. And the engine has never been dunked.
Are you suggesting that cooling water is finding its way into the cylinder? The engine only runs rough and misses before it heats up. So if there is water in there, it dissipates soon after start-up and the engine runs normally.
Further comment?
And thank you,
Bry

[yammie15]

Here' my lower plug.

[robert graham]

How long did you run the motor to take the plug from new/clean to it's fouled condition?.... Is your fuel good and fresh?... Old degraded fuel can foul plugs.

[rodbolt17]

Boscoe
can you repost that plug picture in a format I can open ?

[yammie15]

I run the motor daily and buy fuel every couple of weeks as needed. And it takes a couple of weeks for the plug to look as it does in the pix. The top plug is clean, nice tan color.

I'll try to reformat the photo and send it along.

[99yam40]

see if this works for the pic

[robert graham]

Hopefully/probably Rodbolt can give some ideas why just one plug would foul out like that....

[bajakeith]

My God

It's really simple and old stuff..If this is a four stroke,,more than likely its a intake valve guide that's worn and/or a broken/worn oil ring...why do you folk's here think that Yamaha came up with a new motor....Get a Grip !! nothing new and nothing awesome... same old sh-t..humans cant get past this old design

[yammie15]

Two stroke, two cylinder, one carb, pre-mix oil.

[99yam40]

It's really simple and old stuff..If this is a four stroke,,more than likely its a intake valve guide that's worn and/or a broken/worn oil ring...why do you folk's here think that Yamaha came up with a new motor....Get a Grip !! nothing new and nothing awesome... same old sh-t..humans cant get past this old design

If you would have read the OP 1st post it is a 2007 15MSH.
He said nothing about it being a F15 so we have to look at it as a 2 stroke, 2 cylinder , single carb with good compression and good spark.

If you can give some reason why only the bottom cylinder would foul it's plug he and some of the rest of us would appreciate the info you would care to give on that.

You Not reading the posts and bad mouthing people is not what he or any of use are looking for.

Hope the pic I posted is something Rod can see

[robert graham]

Two stroke, two cylinder, one carb, pre-mix oil.

Must be something going on in that bottom cylinder to create a very rich mixture....carb jet, induction reeds, seals, bad gasket???..... Or maybe a weak spark causing poor combustion?....Hope Rodbolt will chime in here since he'll probably have some ideas on this....

[boscoe99]

It's really simple and old stuff..If this is a four stroke,,more than likely its a intake valve guide that's worn and/or a broken/worn oil ring...why do you folk's here think that Yamaha came up with a new motor....Get a Grip !! nothing new and nothing awesome... same old sh-t..humans cant get past this old design

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