My beautiful 2011 Ranger started smoking a little, and I'm in the middle of a lot of projects, so against my better judgement I took it to the shop. They called me back and told me it would be $2450 to fix - and that the issue was valve guides leaking. The motor has only 100 hours on it, and it's a 4 stroke which only makes easy trips through the yard, and I use it to drop the boat or jetski in on occasion.
I'm just venting btw... but the head is 100% intact and there's no way they checked anything on it. Also, I happen to have found out yesterday that diesel was mixed in one of my gas cans, so the motor was actually fine. They also bent badly one of the piston rings. I have no idea how.
Look at the price of an exhaust valve! Try your best to find one that expensive anywhere, even OEM Polaris.
I'm just venting btw... but the head is 100% intact and there's no way they checked anything on it. Also, I happen to have found out yesterday that diesel was mixed in one of my gas cans, so the motor was actually fine. They also bent badly one of the piston rings. I have no idea how.
Look at the price of an exhaust valve! Try your best to find one that expensive anywhere, even OEM Polaris.