Oil, then none, now problem - SV650.org

18-06-13, 08:42 PM

Checked my oil last week and was near the low limit, couldnt top up as had no oil or money so was waiting till this friday when i get paid to replace, anyways riding home today it started a big knocking in the engine, i was only 30 seconds from home so got home and had a little look to see no oil. Now the front cylinder make a knocking sound? I have put oil in it so im guessing ive damadged something inside? What could it be and how much we looking at fixing?

I have a k5 pointy

Sid Squid · 18-06-13, 10:55 PM

Hmmmm... it kinda depends on the noise you've got, is the engine making a cyclic knocking, worse on over-run? If yes, there are few, mostly unfortunate, possibilities - low oil and an SV usually means duffed big ends - plain bearings like oil pressure, and respond very poorly to low or no pressure.

Economics dictate a repair is ordinarily not viable, which usually means new motor is one's best option.

You could try putting some oil in and see what happens, you may have got lucky.

19-06-13, 05:56 AM

Hard to describe the sound, but when you rev it it ets worse and that is with new oil in it now, so you rekon it worth fixing or not?

yorkie_chris · 19-06-13, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Littlewebber

Checked my oil last week and was near the low limit, couldnt top up as had no oil or money

False economy fail there.

I've seen a few cases like this and it's usually completely sh*gged and needs a new engine fitting.

Where are you based?

19-06-13, 08:13 AM

I live in poole (dorset) and yeah just took it down the bike shop and he rekons i ****ed top end and reccomends buying new engine as cheaper than fixing this one

now on the hunt

yorkie_chris · 19-06-13, 08:17 AM

Expensive lesson. There is no such thing as can't afford oil. What that actually means is "can't afford lunch". Even some 99p a litre crap is better than nothing.

19-06-13, 08:19 AM

I know it my fault, but i didnt think that a week from near the lower limit would nearly empty it, there was literraly a cup full left when i drained it

19-06-13, 03:00 PM

Ouch; sorry to hear that man!
Good luck with the hunt.

19-06-13, 05:08 PM

Maybe a small consolation, if it was using that much oil something expensive was possibly wrong with your engine to start with.

19-06-13, 10:29 PM

This has to be a wind up yeah?

18-06-13, 08:42 PM	#1
Littlewebber Guest Posts: n/a	Oil, then none, now problem Checked my oil last week and was near the low limit, couldnt top up as had no oil or money so was waiting till this friday when i get paid to replace, anyways riding home today it started a big knocking in the engine, i was only 30 seconds from home so got home and had a little look to see no oil. Now the front cylinder make a knocking sound? I have put oil in it so im guessing ive damadged something inside? What could it be and how much we looking at fixing? I have a k5 pointy

18-06-13, 10:55 PM	#2
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Re: Oil, then none, now problem Hmmmm... it kinda depends on the noise you've got, is the engine making a cyclic knocking, worse on over-run? If yes, there are few, mostly unfortunate, possibilities - low oil and an SV usually means duffed big ends - plain bearings like oil pressure, and respond very poorly to low or no pressure. Economics dictate a repair is ordinarily not viable, which usually means new motor is one's best option. You could try putting some oil in and see what happens, you may have got lucky. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

19-06-13, 05:56 AM	#3
Littlewebber Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Oil, then none, now problem Hard to describe the sound, but when you rev it it ets worse and that is with new oil in it now, so you rekon it worth fixing or not?

19-06-13, 08:13 AM	#5
Littlewebber Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Oil, then none, now problem I live in poole (dorset) and yeah just took it down the bike shop and he rekons i ****ed top end and reccomends buying new engine as cheaper than fixing this one now on the hunt

19-06-13, 08:17 AM	#6
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: Oil, then none, now problem Expensive lesson. There is no such thing as can't afford oil. What that actually means is "can't afford lunch". Even some 99p a litre crap is better than nothing. __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

19-06-13, 08:19 AM	#7
Littlewebber Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Oil, then none, now problem I know it my fault, but i didnt think that a week from near the lower limit would nearly empty it, there was literraly a cup full left when i drained it

19-06-13, 03:00 PM	#8
Skybaba Guest Posts: n/a	Oil, then none, now problem Ouch; sorry to hear that man! Good luck with the hunt.

19-06-13, 05:08 PM	#9
SvNewbie Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Oil, then none, now problem Maybe a small consolation, if it was using that much oil something expensive was possibly wrong with your engine to start with.

19-06-13, 10:29 PM	#10
Phoenix22 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Oil, then none, now problem This has to be a wind up yeah?

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