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Old 09-18-2014, 10:45 AM   #168
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Originally Posted by EZWood View Post
Tech at the dealer said it looked like it was raced. The only thing I'm easy on is the eyes, but I take care of my stuff. There was an incident maybe seven thousand miles ago where the motor was over-revved that could be the source of the failure, which either says a lot or little for the strength of the motor that it took so long for there to be reprocussions, or that it didn't see an immediate effect. Either way I'm glad I haven't gone too crazy with mods right away or I may have been in the same boat as cross and had a big decision on my hands as to what route I should take.
"It was raced" doesn't mean much beyond, "I don't want to do this as a warranty repair"

The over rev could easily be the culprit. How bad was it? I've seen motors let go 10k miles after a money shift.
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