Post by garyk on Mar 23, 2015 4:54:49 GMT -5
2014 Jonway 3,400 miles
Little compression, hand turning crankshaft feels crunchy, likely a damaged piston and cylinder. Small amount of steel powder in oil (none present in the previous oil change). Failure likely due to overloading, two full sized adults, highway speed and a series of truck-killing hills. Don’t like it, but not complaining.
Trying to decide whether to sell as a basket case or try to repair.
I found a service manual “1986 - 1995 Honda Service Manual for the CN250 Helix” online.
Looks quite similar to what I have but Mountain Dew and nitroglycerin also look quite similar. Don’t want to invest several dozen hours and $$ and have a failure due to some small piece of misinformation. Even R&R on this unit is significant plus a complete teardown to remove all debris.
Any experience?
Thanx
Gary
Little compression, hand turning crankshaft feels crunchy, likely a damaged piston and cylinder. Small amount of steel powder in oil (none present in the previous oil change). Failure likely due to overloading, two full sized adults, highway speed and a series of truck-killing hills. Don’t like it, but not complaining.
Trying to decide whether to sell as a basket case or try to repair.
I found a service manual “1986 - 1995 Honda Service Manual for the CN250 Helix” online.
Looks quite similar to what I have but Mountain Dew and nitroglycerin also look quite similar. Don’t want to invest several dozen hours and $$ and have a failure due to some small piece of misinformation. Even R&R on this unit is significant plus a complete teardown to remove all debris.
Any experience?
Thanx
Gary