Disaster Avoided...Or So I Hope.

[Mark Wendler]

I pulled the upper cowling off my 2001 200EFI to start the process of removing the injectors for cleaning. One of the first things I noticed was a small bolt laying in the bottom cowl pan. I looked around, to no avail, to see where it came from. It wasn't until I was removing the VST unit that I found out where the bolt had come from. <u>It was one of the 2 bolts that holds the oil pump in place!</u> In fact the second bolt had almost fallen out as well. There was just enough threads left to leave the pump engaged in its slot!! I'm guessing that just a couple more minutes of run time would have been all this motor had left in it had I not found the bolt!

Moral of the story...Pull that cowl occasionally just to have a look around. It just may save you some major bucks!

[bhinton-2]

see, you can fall in a bucket of it and come up with a rose.

[EuropeanAM]

Mark:

I'd certainly make sure some LIQUID LOCTITE was applied to those bolts next time around.

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[Mark Wendler]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by EuropeanAM &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Mark:

I'd certainly make sure some LIQUID LOCTITE was applied to those bolts next time around.
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Don

Red or Blue?

Thanks!

[EuropeanAM]

I'd recommend RED.