I have not had much luck with the mtntk kit on 2013 and up Pro's. We went back to OEM pistons and have not looked back.. I do agree that you should check for seal, fuel filter, or possible injector issue but I have had a couple poo 800's melt down after doing a mtntk install just to freshen up the top end. Both with under 500 miles on them.
Indy Dan has a good write up on poo 800 pistons in Polaris section on this forum. Well worth the read.
Good luck with rebuild.
I have installed over 35 MTNTK Fix kits without one comeback, failure, or runnability issue. The fix kit was not the issue with RMK900Tractor's motor failure. 3 seasons, 1,500 miles and an issue at -34*F. Something else caused this problem. I'll bet fuel injectors, crank seals, or some other fuel starvation issue.
At this time, I currently have an industry leading Polaris motor shops engine in my garage. Story is it has less than 100 miles and both the cylinder skirts have cracked and a "piston" skirt broke off and went through the bottom of the case. Pieces have filled the rod bearing so it needs a crank also. Worse one I have ever seen.
As for your comment about the MTNTK fix kit being the problem here.....There are inherent issues with this motor design, electronics, controls, and mapping strategy that require a lot more attention to the outside of the motor to make them live.
1) These motors are very temperamental to fuel injector issues and oil cap venting. I have been preaching about the lack of venting from the stock cap since the Dragon days and was told I was crazy here on the forum.
2) I've also been touting everyone on getting injectors ultrasonic cleaned and flow tested during rebuild's the last few years. Injector placement on this motor leads to carbon build which then messes up the fuel flow. BRP learned this a long time ago and scrapped the SDI. Since these motors run so lean with stock mapping (especially '13's) they cannot handle anything less then ideal conditions, fuel flow, quality fuel, perfect TPS settings, proper storage and use. I have been having injectors cleaned and flow tested in previous years however, I am beginning to see injector fault codes also prior to engine failure's which indicates an electrical problem with the injectors as well as the carbon build up issue. Ultrasonic cleaning and flow testing an injector with an electrical fault is useless.
Take a partially plugged fuel injector causing a fuel flow pattern issue in a transfer port, a less than ideal fuel filter micron media that allows for reduced volume but with good fuel pressure, and you have a recipe for disaster with a lean mapped motor.
Then take less than ideal TPS settings, lean mapping, oil vent issues, crank seals that seem to be failing at early intervals, a noisy electrical system (that's a whole other discussion), along with what I have described above and you'll see that the 600/800 CFI-2 is a very temperamental motor to keep from having an engine failure. I'm not saying it can't be done but the struggle of challenges is real and attention to the details outside the motor is a must.
Early this year I started replacing injectors on all top ends and motor rebuilds with mileage near 1,500 miles instead of ultrasonic cleaning and flow testing. $260 from Polaris for injectors is cheap compared to the heart ache of a comeback or a heli ride and a burndown.
Hmmm.