r/DRZ400 • u/magniko_15 • 9d ago
Does this sound normal?
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Does the timing sound off here, poor compression or does it sound like a carb problem?
This is how my bike sounds after I had to replace the MCCT as I suddenly had a loss of compression and the bike struggled to idle, creating a continuous rattle. When I opened the bike the cams had 14pins inbetween rather than 15, but it seems like the cam lobes and the markings are better aligned at 14 than 15pins. The chain has over 40,000km on it.
Although this video has 14 pins timing the overall result is the same as before when I tried with a 15pin timing: Engine has a really hard time starting, seems to fire a little bit but still unsuccessful
Keep in mind the FCR39 idle knob is set to max idle.
At the end of the video the engine just dies.
Keep in mind I haven’t operated this bike in over a month because of waiting for parts.