P85 cylinder plating issues

[neodymium]

I was an ASE cerified master mechanic for 20 years before my second retirement and all I can say about modern car electrical systems...A total PITA...lol...lol.

Yeah that's why I don't do it for a dealership and mostly install third party accessories. It's completely not worth doing anymore with the amount of work and the troubleshooting nightmares all these modules and bcm errors can be

 

[DAMIEN1307]

I peeled more of the plating off to emphasize my problem. Literally can just grab and peel it

I would swear that is aluminum peel plus bad adherence of the ceramic coating...Send them the pics, they will send ya a replacement cylinder...I wouldn't even use that one whatsoever.

 

[neodymium]

I would swear that is aluminum peel plus bad adherence of the ceramic coating...Send them the pics, they will send ya a replacement cylinder...I wouldn't even use that one whatsoever.

Yeah it's definitely unusable. Hopefully they just send me a new jug. It looks like a plating to me but I could still be wrong honestly.

 

[GW's Motorized]

I was an ASE cerified master mechanic for 20 years before my second retirement and all I can say about modern car electrical systems...A total PITA...lol...lol.

My dad used to run an auto shop with my great grandpa before my time. Yet another reason I am quite good with mechanics.

 

[DAMIEN1307]

With a lineage like that, it's learn or die trying...lol.

 

[GW's Motorized]

With a lineage like that, it's learn or die trying...lol.

Yeah, it's mostly self inflicted. My sister doesn't have any mechanical knowledge. She struggled pulling a starter, and had me put it back in.

 

[Whitewill1412]

The Phantom 85 motor that I think he mentioned he has is NOT nickel plated inside the cylinder, it has an applied ceramic coating inside that cylinder as stated in its description on bicycle-engines.com as well as the fact that I have a P-85 I ride and can attest to this as I observed the coating when I put mine together.

Hopefully the OP has been running that according to instructions using a 20:1 mix for 300 mile breakin period using Conventional oil ONLY, and then no less oil than a 25:1 mix after breakin and of course thats when synthetic oil CAN be use, but only after conventional oil breakin first.

Pretty sure he hasn't even started it yet

 

[neodymium]

Bicycle engines came through with warranty replacement. I'm waiting on shipping information but they have started the process to send another head out to me.