How to time an engine in a Bobcat 3400 xl (gas)

Bobcat 3400 is getting hot

Hey Chris,

I need more technical info.

Did you line up ALL the timing/valve/cam/piston location marks when you assembled the engine?? A new head..?? - new valves, cam. ..?? Piston installed in the correct direction, Does the carb float bowl have gas in it..? (the drain screw is in the very bottom- loosen it and gas should flow out freely. What do you mean by "kick over".. does it have a kick starter? ..or will the motor not turn over with the kick starter? Please tell me more. Thanks

ha ha ha lol yes its the relay

Hey Brandon, there could be several things... one is you put the piston in backwards... the arrow goes toward the exhaust..(if there are holes in the piston, they go in the back).., you installed the wrong piston..or..skirt was too long.., you left something inside the engine..(dropped one of the circlips in the engine).. the rings were installed upside down..,one of the circlips came out..., you got a bad piston..(never seen this happen).., the cylinder needed boring and it had so much clearance that the skirt caught on the intake port lip...

OK...Brandon, repairing this engine correctly is going to require a COMPLETE DISASSEMBLY - there are tiny tiny bits of aluminum in the main bearings, packed in between the main bearings and crank seals.. its in the main rod bearing..and its all in the bottom of the cases... THE ONLY way to effectively remove ALL this is to pull it apart.. this is not a hard job, but if you have never done it, PLEASE take it to a qualified professional.....it requires several special tools... .they may/should be able to tell you what happened to cause it too..
IF you do not do all this, you WILL have premature ENGINE FAILURE AGAIN!!!! and this time it could be worse!