Ill be damned!? The previous owners name was Craig from Norman Oklahoma, however I don't think that guy did anything to the Pilot but put gas in and ride it, I doubt hes the one who sent it to you, he owned it for a couple years. Now I was able to get a hold of the previous owner before him, His name is Darin Saunders, guy lives in California and he had it for about 4 years, I think he posted on this forum about having issues keeping the
Powerbloc clutch from coming off. Later, when I got a hold of the Pilot, I found like 3 or 4 threads left on the crank end,I had to tap the crank to 1/2"( just a little over the 12mm stock threads), theres a post here on the retapping. After tapping to 1/2". I have had that clutch off many times and always torque to no less than 75lbs and mark my clutch, washer and bolt, never spun. Anyhow, is that dirt or sand. Im running a UNI filter mounted in the box and then I have an Outerware prefilter covering the box.
The story behind the Poofkaboom
I was coming down a dune than poof it died, I tried to crank it back over and it fired and started but only to die again and when it was running it sounded funny, so I didnt try to run it anymore, didnt want to do more damage. I had EZPilot tow me back to camp, compression was 120lbs, was about 164, I then pulled the head and I realized it was either the bottom bearing or the top bearing cause the piston was moving and crank wasn't. So I brought it back home and pulled the cylinder only to find the big end bearing bad. Shit time for a Hoseration!! Or should i say a reHoseration, has that ever been done?? lol.
What would cause the crank to loose the bearing as it did, just many hours, that dirt gatting into the Engine? I want to nip that in the butt if it was my filter system and not the previous owners filter system. I oil my filters and try to stay on top of replacing when needed, hmmm...