HectorC74

Hey Guys, so I replaced the leaking valve cover gasket and I adjusted one of the valves, it had a little more gap than the other one, here are some pics of the "T" on the flywheel and the valves. Everything turned out good, I even noticed that it started faster than before?? maybe just me??? I dont know if the slight adjustment on one valve would cause it to start up faster when cold?? The only thing left for me to do to it is change the diff fluid, which I will do today. Thanks

Thanks Shadetree, I ordered the gasket yesterday, it was like $9 for an oem gasket on ebay, but I will keep in mind the spray on copper gasket for future repairs.

Thanks Retro!! So then I shouldn't worry about it and just replace the leaking gasket and that's it. This surely made my day!! I have heard about this on some ATV's, but didn't know this year rancher had the auto compression release. Again thanks for your info. Hector

Thanks Everyone,

Thanks!!

Yes, throttle wide opened, that was what I was thinking of doing, just replace the gasket order a tappet tool to adjust valves and keep riding it... doing the regular maintenance on it. I checked the spark plug to see if it had any oil residue and it was completely dry as well, so I dont think that oil is passing through the rings.

Thanks!!

Hi Everyone, I recently noticed that the head valve cover gasket on my 2000 Honda Rancher 350 ES is leaking. So I know I have to replace it soon, but since I was there checking it I decided to do a compression test just to see how the engine was doing, well the compression I got was 52 psi, I did it several times and it always topped out at that number. So I decided to do a wet test and still, all I got was 52 psi. I am baffled!! The atv runs great, it has no reason for me to believe there was something wrong other than the leaking gasket. It idles great, runs great and there are no weird noised coming from the engine. Any suggestions on how I need to proceed? Thanks, Hector

I am new to this forum, I just wanted to introduce myself, my name is Hector and I am from South Texas and I own a 2000 Honda Rancher 350 ES, so I will be quite active on the site. Thanks,