advice on hesertaion bike playing

the loss of power i had the weekend it was only a wet plug, pull over front cyclinder covered in WD40 job done, now it smells a bit when running

neeja is right about listening, but i use wood less rattly sound.

I'm thinking a wet plug or Carb Icing as stated earlier. Test the cheap fixes first before thinking the worst

Originally Posted by Nicky S

ummmmmmmmm i havent been ridding the bike untill i can get some oil, how often do you have to top up your oil? i now im not leaking oil as i park in the same place at home and at work and there is no oil patch on the ground also i dont think im burning it as it dose not really smell (the bike dose smell funny thow) and i dont have white smoke

Well the oil is going somewhere...I know pete and lissa used to have to top up their oil quite frequently (PM pete or lissa and ask how much because I cant remember). I have to top up less than 100 ml's for every 1000 miles ridden. I'm wondering if you have a loose breather hose or something, and oil is being lost out that? You wouldnt have white smoke with oil consumption. Perhaps a test by holding a white tissue to the exhaust and seeing if it collects anything could determine if there is oil vapour being ejected? If your bike is consuming oil, but its not leaking, then it must be being burnt.

What is the smell you mention anyway? can you describe it?

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Neeja

Edit: At this point, starting the bike does no harm. If it's got enough oil in it and it's just CCTs, it'll be fine. If it's main bearings, you're stuffed anyway - might as well listen to the rattly goodness.

er what!

CCTs can allow the camchain to slip in extreme circumstances, lunching the heads, valves, pistons etc. This can happen at tickover or at redline.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

er what!

CCTs can allow the camchain to slip in extreme circumstances, lunching the heads, valves, pistons etc. This can happen at tickover or at redline.

I meant if it was normal CCT tapping - I wasn't allowing for a catastrophic failure. Should have made this clearer.

[Lissa]

Originally Posted by Alpinestarhero

Well the oil is going somewhere...I know pete and lissa used to have to top up their oil quite frequently (PM pete or lissa and ask how much because I cant remember).

A spirited 200 mile day would have us needing to top up 200ml. Our curvy just used oil. Didn't leak, didn't smell.

James at JHS said that some curvy's just did that.

[punyXpress]

Didn't see that in your For Sale ad though, Lissa

[Lissa]

Originally Posted by punyXpress

Didn't see that in your For Sale ad though, Lissa

Everyone knew our bike burned oil, we posted about it often enough. Our engine was bought by someone who knew it, and who, TBH, was NEVER gonna nail it everywhere like we did!

[yorkie_chris]

It depends on the running-in process.


But with response to the OP, if you've let it get low enough to see a drop in pressure then you'll be damned lucky to have avoided serious engine damage (scored main bearings, rapidly leading to failure). I'd tear it down now before the crank gets scored and thus scrapped.

What's a £60 set of gaskets compared to £300 odd quid on a replacement lump?

[Nicky S]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

It depends on the running-in process.


But with response to the OP, if you've let it get low enough to see a drop in pressure then you'll be damned lucky to have avoided serious engine damage (scored main bearings, rapidly leading to failure). I'd tear it down now before the crank gets scored and thus scrapped.

What's a £60 set of gaskets compared to £300 odd quid on a replacement lump?

the light come on and went off within 2 seconds and never come on again but i am no longer ridding the bike untill i have seen what the oil looks like. will be taking the oil out near the week end so lets hope it hasent got metail in it :P