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[QUOTE="ws6transam, post: 1421139, member: 65064"]
I ran out of gas in July; well actually I had a fuel blockage. I was on the throttle hard; doing about 60 MPH through deep sand. It was 97 degrees out. The engine started to ping, then started to bog, and as soon as I felt the power loss I let off the gas and the engine locked up. My clear fuel filter was empty. I jiggled the fuel line and it started filling up again. However it was an hour before the motor finally released the piston, and another thirty minutes before the piston let go of the rings. So 90 minutes later I got it to start and was able to ride out of the federal forest. As a result, I had welded some aluminum onto the cylinder wall, and etched a notch on the edge of the piston due to lean-out.

So yeah- My question is, while running out of fuel, were you hard on the throttle? Did you experience any soft lockup? If not, you are probably okay. If you suspect that you did have a soft sieze, then you may want to pull the head and take a look at the bore for any scoring or deposited aluminum.
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