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2016 viper turbo overheating when in boost

zx4ever

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So I purchased a 2016 viper turbo this summer off a guy. I have not had any good luck with it so far. First ride out it Vapor locked on me and took some time to start. Had to pressure the tank up to get it to go. So I added heat shield and venting to the side panel and fuel line covers to keep the heat down and seemed to work, but could have been the outside temp was cold the 2nd time out. But now the sled is running super hot and going into limp mode on climbs. In a foot of fresh at about 12 lbs of boost. The old owners said the sled had the boost it kit with Carrillo rods and low compression pistons. While I was inspecting I noticed and measured it has a .66 head shim. So that makes me wonder if it also has low compression pistons? All my reading on here points to head shim leak. So I did a leak down test on the cylinders and it was 2% on 2 of them and 3% on the other. I also did a compression test and they were all 170 lb which I’m not sure is in range with the head shim and pistons or just headshim. Anyone have any numbers of what they have with just head shim? While I was doing a leak down test there was no air bubbles in coolant and colour of coolant is good. Could a major air lock cause these problems under boost? As on the trail in low snow conditions the temps are good and the fan kicks on and cools it off. Any other ideas on what I should test before I tear into this motor?
 

Also here is a picture and specs of what it has on it.
 

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So I did a block test and fluid stayed blue. So maybe it’s just a coolant airlock hopefully vacuum fill tonight and test again
 


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