Bad Gas

[fantastic]

Bike owner, bag owner.

If it truly was bad fuel (it's not) that will not be provable.

Shop ruined the engine? Tough to prove.

Sucks. Unless we get a true root cause.

Probably the case. Hopefully, we'll hear more on how this story plays out.

 

[MrBadGas]

the dealer said that I must have consistently used bad gas and all that black which he said is carbon with the bike sitting for a week hardened up to cause the bike not starting issue. no testing of that black stuff was ever done,no yamaha rep ever came down and yamaha is saying its not a warranty issue for $1900 came out of my pocket..thats how its played out so far

 

[dumkid]

That engine doesn't even look that bad, I've been some old Briggs and Stratton engines that were growing carbon stalactites in the cylinder. Those were a little bit simpler than a bike engine though

 

[Eddie]

I would not accept that reason and escalate to districk manager or company.

 

[MrBadGas]

dealing with yamaha is like talking to the wall..I spoke with customer relations manager and asked to speak with her boss and was told she answers to nobody...plan on going to small claims court cause hiring a lawyer just isnt worth it

 

[Jim K]

This is how he handles bad gas.

 

[nicholas]

dealing with yamaha is like talking to the wall..I spoke with customer relations manager and asked to speak with her boss and was told she answers to nobody...plan on going to small claims court cause hiring a lawyer just isnt worth it

Sometimes even a lawyers letter is all it takes.
Consistently running on bad gas is a joke of an answer.
All piston tops have carbon on them.
Yours don't look that bad at all.

Something is off here.
Is your bike injected?

 

[MrBadGas]

Yes bike is fuel injected and yes that is a joke of an answer from the dealer and yamaha

 

[MParr]

I think that you are being scammed by the dealer.
However, I had a bad experience with a Yamaha V-Twin mower engine. That experience ended any desire to own a Yamaha powered product.

 

[TimeFlies]

Sorry to say, you're being screwed, and not in a good way.

 

[nicholas]

Get a lawyer
Demand an explanation on how technically bad gas caused your engine issue.

That's nonsense.

 

[garageman402]

the dealer said that I must have consistently used bad gas and all that black which he said is carbon with the bike sitting for a week hardened up to cause the bike not starting issue. no testing of that black stuff was ever done,no yamaha rep ever came down and yamaha is saying its not a warranty issue for $1900 came out of my pocket..thats how its played out so far

OK, so the bike didn't start, what is the catastrophic failure? The tech taking the head off, & finding nothing? So now you have to pay to put it back on? With a $200 gasket, of course. Try asking another shop what's going on, try a media outlet that helps consumers (e.g. 7 on your side).

Shell in the early 70s was notorious for bad gas. Every mechanic I knew said it would gum everything up, but catastrophic failure? Um, no.