More tech advice - Oil and fault light

Just incase there are new people reading this thread who has not seen the other posts I've made.....

The bike recently had a new front coil, new plugs and new front plug cap. HT leads checked and was running great again. Then Wootton Bassett where bike was running very hot due to standing around for ages and slow riding.

Went for a ride last week and noticed an occasional loss of power, like losing one cyclinder again. Check all the usual and topped up the oil and water. Unfortunately I over filled the water but didn't think it would harm and left it in there. Bike running fine again.

Took her out yesterday, checked the oil again and noticed it was low again. Put some more in and did a 30 mins journey no problems, opened her up and got her hot. Had lunch so bike had time to cool but on way home about 15 mins in I had loss of power, red light and FI on display. Pulled in as soon as I could and it recovered. Bike ran fine again all the way home.

Got home and realised the oil was "bubbling" but when I turned the bike off the bubbles disappeared and it looked fine - not creamy or white.

Been out there today and removed the excess water and checked the oil. It is about half way between F - L, hard to see when on your own! Checked the bottle of oil that I bought and its had about 200ml in it within the week.

Girlie needs to understand question ..... when the bike is running obviously the oil is doing its job, Should I see any oil in the window??

Have re-checked all the connections on the new coil and all looks good. Turned the bike on and let it warm up today and it sounds sweet. Confused!!!

Any ideas, help welcome xx

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Amanda

Girlie needs to understand question ..... when the bike is running obviously the oil is doing its job, Should I see any oil in the window??

No, if the bike is running it should have sucked the oil from the sump and be pumping some of it around the engine, only when the engine stops and it all flows back into the sump will it show up on the window

Good, thats what I thought. So is a top up of 200ml oil alot or about right??

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Amanda

Good, thats what I thought. So is a top up of 200ml oil alot or about right??

If it's 200ml low then it's perfect... If not I can't recommend it...

For a short trip it does sound a little excessive, to put it another way, the KTM used about the same amount riding to Germany and back

200ml is not too bad; i recall pete and lissa had to top up 200ml every 200 miles. Keep an eye on your milage and on your oil level, and see how frequently you need to top up with a note of the volume; manufactures often say 1000 ml for every 1000 miles is acceptable, but personally I dont think you should need to top up more than 200 ml per 1000 miles, unless you really really rag the bike hard.

That would have included the Wootton Bassett run so no, not a short journey just seemed alot all in one go but then it was working hard that day.

Think Im worrying about nothing. The main issue is the fact the light and FI come on and can't seem to work out why.

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Alpinestarhero

i recall pete and lissa had to top up 200ml every 200 miles.

I know he topped it up with heavy oil at some point...

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Amanda

Think Im worrying about nothing. The main issue is the fact the light and FI come on and can't seem to work out why.

The ECU should have logged a fault code that caused the light, a dealer has the necessary diagnostic tool to read the fault codes and tell you what thee engine thinks has gone wrong...

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

The ECU should have logged a fault code that caused the light, a dealer has the necessary diagnostic tool to read the fault codes and tell you what thee engine thinks has gone wrong...

Ahhhhhhh ....

Just start an Amanda in trouble thread get it stickied and post in there every time your having trouble it would be easier for you surely

have you considered selling your k3 and getting a sv which wont cause this many problems, maybe a curvy would cause you less trouble?