Please don't bash me for my stupidity, but I feel this is significant enough to be shared.
Since there is zero snow at my house and springtime conditions prevail, I took out my 07D7 136 for the first time this year. While it came up a bit short in the surprise 4-10 feet of snow that we found, that's not the story. Being the first ride, I still had my full tank of last year's fuel. While I intended to stop for some octane boost, it didn't happen. Top it off, the temps rose into the mid 40's during the day. About mid-day, the sled did start to run a bid different. Only on the last run did my buddy suggest detonation and that big brightt light came on. Old fuel, no octane, hot temps, and running the pi$$ out of her.
Suffice it to say, I wasn't looking forward to the look-see. Pulled the plugs, they were both dripping wet! Not oil, looked more like water. Borescoped the inards and was pleasantly surprised. While not stellar (albeit a clean mocha gray), it was clean and wet with no sign of damage from the detonation. Same situation, my 800 would be in pieces.
Sorry for the long rant, but I am so impressed with how that motor took my abuse and shows no damage whatsoever. Yeah, I'll drain the remaining fuel just to be nice to her now.
Since there is zero snow at my house and springtime conditions prevail, I took out my 07D7 136 for the first time this year. While it came up a bit short in the surprise 4-10 feet of snow that we found, that's not the story. Being the first ride, I still had my full tank of last year's fuel. While I intended to stop for some octane boost, it didn't happen. Top it off, the temps rose into the mid 40's during the day. About mid-day, the sled did start to run a bid different. Only on the last run did my buddy suggest detonation and that big brightt light came on. Old fuel, no octane, hot temps, and running the pi$$ out of her.
Suffice it to say, I wasn't looking forward to the look-see. Pulled the plugs, they were both dripping wet! Not oil, looked more like water. Borescoped the inards and was pleasantly surprised. While not stellar (albeit a clean mocha gray), it was clean and wet with no sign of damage from the detonation. Same situation, my 800 would be in pieces.
Sorry for the long rant, but I am so impressed with how that motor took my abuse and shows no damage whatsoever. Yeah, I'll drain the remaining fuel just to be nice to her now.
