Engine life and more

cudel

Im just curious as to how long the engine life in a G1 .75mm over bore will last, as well should i put some sort of fan inside the clam shell to get better engine air flow or mount a fan on the side or back?

BGW

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smallblock450sl

I can't tell you how long it will last. But I will say, I've seen G1's still running after 30 years. I would think the oiling would be the biggest concern. I'm still partial to the stock Yamaha oiling system. When it fails, your engine will be soon to follow, how often do they go bad...not very...but they can. Some like pre mixing there oil/gas for there "peice of mind", just not as acurate measuring of oil as the stock oil pump system. Don't think you'll need a fan, just keep all the stock plastic air shroulding and keep the flywheel side opening clear of any junk that could hinder cooling. Hope that helped alittle. Dave

cudel

Thanks dave. Yup i keep everything clean filters etc. Also i filled up my oil res and i mixed oil in gas but then i was told to do that as well, because its a new engine. But i would do that to my sleds by adding oil to the gas even though it was oil injected.

jreimers

my g1 is 29 years old and as far as i know it was a goat herder before i got it for the ranch. seals were the only engine work done on it.

Mike Mac

Wow Jrei, wonder how many miles that thing's got on it?
Thats a subject for a whole new thread!

jreimers

hour meter or odometer would have been nice. do any makers use an hour meter?(yamaha, harley, ezgo?)

EZ-GOnewild

My EZ-GO Workhorse has a hour meter on it.

smallblock450sl

EGW....how many hours you got on your's?

smallblock450sl

Any hour meter will work (12 volt type) useually 2 wires, one to ground, one to the solenoid lead that goes to the starter/generator (only reads when the solenoid is "energized" buy starting the cart with the accelerator pedal), I have seen some with a 3rd wire to the key switch, for reading hours run without the engine running.

EZ-GOnewild

Mine wouldn't be a good reference. It is a '99 and the engine was a rebuild the previous owner put in 3 years ago. Personally I have put over 150 hrs on the engine in the last 2.5 years and it still runs like new.