Oil Level weirdness
Tourer
Joined: Jun 2017
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From: Qld, Australia
Primary & transmission levels are good, I spoke to the service manager the other day about this & he agreed with me that the consumption was excessive, asked me to run it another 500 miles & check level & if its still consuming at this rate to bring it in for them to investigate further. So far I've only managed a couple of hundred miles & its sitting at 1 square below the F mark.
Maybe try idling a touch longer, make sure you are on level ground and be sure your engine has been out for a decent run before checking the oil.
Road Master
Joined: Jul 2009
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From: surrey, england
I hope this helps but I found that mine needs to be fully warm, and then let it idle on the side stand for at least three minutes before checking the dipstick for engine oil level. If you check it before this magic three minutes it will read one or two notches low from Hot full.
Maybe try idling a touch longer, make sure you are on level ground and be sure your engine has been out for a decent run before checking the oil.
Maybe try idling a touch longer, make sure you are on level ground and be sure your engine has been out for a decent run before checking the oil.
The longer you let the bike idle the more the oil pump has a change to remove the oil from the crankcase, this will in effect "mask" the sumping issue if you have one. You need to know if there's excessive oil in the sump to begin with, there never should be more than 6 ounces. I would shut the bike off immediately and check. Tom me the whole idea is to identify a problem if there is one that way you can get it covered while you still have a warranty.
Road Master
Joined: Jul 2009
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From: surrey, england
What the dealer used at the 1K service, i haven't changed any of the fluids.
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Cruiser
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From: Freehold NJ
The longer you let the bike idle the more the oil pump has a change to remove the oil from the crankcase, this will in effect "mask" the sumping issue if you have one. You need to know if there's excessive oil in the sump to begin with, there never should be more than 6 ounces. I would shut the bike off immediately and check. Tom me the whole idea is to identify a problem if there is one that way you can get it covered while you still have a warranty.
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Cruiser
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From: Freehold NJ
They have a new oil pump design that should fix the sumping.
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Cruiser
Joined: Sep 2016
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From: Freehold NJ
The bike is home. They replaced the seal to the primary and the transmission with newly designed versions.
The engine runs much cooler finally, I guess that will happen when you aren't always 1 1/2 quarts low. The primary is also much much cooler and I can pop into N with ease. Shifting is also very very smooth now. Thankfully there is no visible engine damage according to the mechanic.
I couldn't put more than 50 miles on it so far. Hopefully its fixed for good.
The engine runs much cooler finally, I guess that will happen when you aren't always 1 1/2 quarts low. The primary is also much much cooler and I can pop into N with ease. Shifting is also very very smooth now. Thankfully there is no visible engine damage according to the mechanic.
I couldn't put more than 50 miles on it so far. Hopefully its fixed for good.
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The bike is home. They replaced the seal to the primary and the transmission with newly designed versions.
The engine runs much cooler finally, I guess that will happen when you aren't always 1 1/2 quarts low. The primary is also much much cooler and I can pop into N with ease. Shifting is also very very smooth now. Thankfully there is no visible engine damage according to the mechanic.
I couldn't put more than 50 miles on it so far. Hopefully its fixed for good.
The engine runs much cooler finally, I guess that will happen when you aren't always 1 1/2 quarts low. The primary is also much much cooler and I can pop into N with ease. Shifting is also very very smooth now. Thankfully there is no visible engine damage according to the mechanic.
I couldn't put more than 50 miles on it so far. Hopefully its fixed for good.