I’m going to attach an email I sent to all my riding friends and others that I sent to can am earlier today… The summary is, my quad burnt a hole through my valve cover that allowed water to get into my engine. It shut down, I brought it in. The dealership said it did came in through the valve cover, there are no signs of any water intrusion through the intakes. Can am covered the hole in the valve cover and told the dealership to flush it out with oil changes.
So I picked it up a day before my hatfield McCoy trip. Drove 8.5 hrs pulled the quad off the trailer, and it died before I even made it to the trail head. Came home early, took back to dealer. They ended up taking the motor out, split the case and found worn rod bearings, worn main bearings and basically a destroyed bottom end. There is a screen at the bottom of the case for the oil pump that was completely clogged. All with less than 2 miles from first visit to dealership. Dealership then presented a case to can am showing that in fact the damage if from the previous valve cover issue and showed that water did not enter from anywhere else.. CAN AM SAID THEY WILL NIT COVER THE MOTOR. And btw, I bought this thing in November… I’ll post the email next.
So I picked it up a day before my hatfield McCoy trip. Drove 8.5 hrs pulled the quad off the trailer, and it died before I even made it to the trail head. Came home early, took back to dealer. They ended up taking the motor out, split the case and found worn rod bearings, worn main bearings and basically a destroyed bottom end. There is a screen at the bottom of the case for the oil pump that was completely clogged. All with less than 2 miles from first visit to dealership. Dealership then presented a case to can am showing that in fact the damage if from the previous valve cover issue and showed that water did not enter from anywhere else.. CAN AM SAID THEY WILL NIT COVER THE MOTOR. And btw, I bought this thing in November… I’ll post the email next.
