hi

I have recently acquired a skidoo mach z 800 from my uncle, he was riding it one day and the radiator hose came out of its place and rubbed against the secondary clutch which rubbed a hole in it, but he could not stop the snowmobile because he was a couple miles from his house, so he ran it until he thought that the guage said it was too hot. then he shut it off and walked the rest of the way, and when he came back it was froze in the cylinder. And a year later he gave it to me and i was going to fix it up, but i pulled on the ripcord with very little force and it turned over. So i started it up and it ran just fine but i shut it off right away because it did not have any coolant. after that i took the head off and the slides looked perfect and the pistons were fine, i have not heard of this happening before, and i am wondering what kind of work i will need to put into it. and i need to know what to torque the head bolts to. if u could help me post a response and thank u for your time in reading my article.

thanks, josh

I might be wrong but there might be a special order for the head bolts to be put in also

hey,

thank you all for replying, i did not get around to working on it today, but i will tomorrow. you have all helped me out alot.

Josh

on my 600ho the head bolts have to go in a special order to allow the head to set proper. im not sure if its the sAME with the machz

give it a compression check to see if they are all the same.  i over heated my old ski boat and had the same happen.  it wouldn't turn over.  the pistons just expanded.  with a little oil in the cylinders started up and ran fine.  good compression and ran it for 4 more years before i sold the boat. 

Ludwig......it sounds like you have a nice uncle.You need to offer to mow his grass !