Quote Originally Posted by Embrey View Post
well a rod probly wont show any different on a compression test sadly. but if he was starving it for gas, it could have definately hurt a rod ,being a 2 stroke. if it makes that noise at idle, you could pull one plug wire at a time and see if it goes away on a certain cylinder. might lead to figuring out whats up
I've been busy today, but i did go get a compression gauge. it was dark out so i didn't warm the motor up before i checked the pressure. i'll have to do it over. but the cold check was 130 psi on all 3 cylinders. and i thank you for the reply. what you said about the noise at idle, and pulling a plug wire. made me think of something. when at full throttle the noise went away, or i just could not hear it. so if it is a rod barren making the noise while at an idle or low throttle. when at full throttle it would have enough pressure on it to take the noise away. does this make sense?