Puch Hi Hi Head from treatland.

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badmoon

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I want to know some advice here before asking for a return.

I bought a Puch Hi Hi 70cc head from treatland and it have a lot of porosity on
it . Looks like the metal was not a good quality .

I can put a thumbtack into a HOLES lol I don't think it's a sign of quality.

Here's the conversation I have with benji on treatland.



you said: today (3 hours, 48 min ago) [09/17/2014 2:46PM]

I’ve receive my Puch Hi Hi Head 70cc but it look not new or not well machined.

I can make some picture to show you.

What do we do in this situation ?

Thank you.
treats said: today (3 hours, 47 min ago) [09/17/2014 2:47PM]

hello, send on over a photo and i will check it out. they do often have some small pits in the machining which are totally cosmetic. thanks! benji
you said: today (2 hours, 7 min ago) [09/17/2014 3:27PM]

It's seem to be a porosity in the metal.
Their are kind of small holes.

I don't think it's cosmetic problem.


treats said: today (32 min, 12 sec ago) [09/17/2014 5:02PM]

hey there, yes that is within the range of normal. thanks for checking! realistically it will fill with carbon in the first 20 miles on most bikes.
you said: today (15 min, 12 sec ago) [09/17/2014 5:19PM]

I think it's a poor metal quality it's not supposed to be like that.

I can put a thumbtack into a hole.

See this picture

If the metal quality is poor I can broke my cylinder with this head.

treats said: today (9 min, 12 sec ago) [09/17/2014 5:25PM]

hey there, you are welcome to return it.. this is pretty much how they are though.
you said: today (3 min, 12 sec ago) [09/17/2014 5:31PM]

I will ask some expert advice on some forum about this issues before requesting for a return.
 

Theon

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I ordered 2 heads from treatland, One was particarly bad with porosity bubbles, luckily it came with a Brocken fin also and they sent a new one.
The other 2 heads both have porosity bubbles, but none that caused a problem.
These are rather poor castings, I guess you get what you pay for.
With postage a Fred head was out of my budget.
A couple of small bubbles will unlikely make much difference.
 

SuperDave

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You don't want holes or bubbles on the underside of the head, carbon will collect there & create a hotspot, leading to predetonation, knock & ping (sounds like BB's bouncing around inside it) and damage the motor. Its for this reason I polish the piston crown & combustion chamber of my engine. There are many that say its unnessisary, but with the high compression I run (140PSI) on 91 pump gas, every bit helps.