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My wifes 2017 Outlander 570 Max that we've owned since new just rolled over 4000 miles. With no indication of any problem during the last ride, it would not start once we got home. After checking for spark and fuel and changing plugs I took it to the dealer. They found low compressiion and dust coating the air intake plumbing. It needs the top end rebuilt. I asked them how the duse got in and they have no clue other than to say it's a fine dust.
We do ride in a lot of dusty conditions, sometimes in groups of 100+ machines. And the dust at times is as fine as my wifes face powder. But I always clean or replace the air filter after every ride, whether we went 60 miles or 200 miles. That machine used the OEM paper filter with the oiled foam oversleeve for the first few rides and has used either a K&N oiled filter fitted with the OEM oiled foam oversleeve or a Uni filter. The K&N filter is aways cleaned using their cleaner then rinsed in a Dawn dish soap bath before being rinsed in clean water and left to dry before being re-oiled with their filter oil. The foam oversleeve is cleaned in mineral spirits, then given a Dawn bath, rinsed with clean water and dried before being oiled with Bel Ray filter oil. When the Uni filter is used it's cleaned using the same methods as just described with the foam oversleeve and oiled using their oil.
If I'm going to pay the big bucks to have this thing rebuilt I don't want to start destroying it again on the very next ride. Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions on this?
We do ride in a lot of dusty conditions, sometimes in groups of 100+ machines. And the dust at times is as fine as my wifes face powder. But I always clean or replace the air filter after every ride, whether we went 60 miles or 200 miles. That machine used the OEM paper filter with the oiled foam oversleeve for the first few rides and has used either a K&N oiled filter fitted with the OEM oiled foam oversleeve or a Uni filter. The K&N filter is aways cleaned using their cleaner then rinsed in a Dawn dish soap bath before being rinsed in clean water and left to dry before being re-oiled with their filter oil. The foam oversleeve is cleaned in mineral spirits, then given a Dawn bath, rinsed with clean water and dried before being oiled with Bel Ray filter oil. When the Uni filter is used it's cleaned using the same methods as just described with the foam oversleeve and oiled using their oil.
If I'm going to pay the big bucks to have this thing rebuilt I don't want to start destroying it again on the very next ride. Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions on this?