Do you think I hurt anything?
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From: Edmond Oklahoma
The only concern is that your rings seat within approximately the first 50 miles. To do this they need combustion. I would check to make sure your compression between the two cylinders is equal. If your oil smells like gas I would change it. Hopefully your good to go.
If they didn't seat at 500 miles (I would be surprised), I would consider installing new rings. I know that seems kind of dramatic, but you will never get good power and you will likely burn oil. Sounds like it came from the dealership this way, so they should take care of it I thiink.
I don't think the fuel in the oil is an issue, but then I change my crankcase break-in oil at 50 miles anyways to get rid of the assembly grease and initial break-in metals. So it wouldn't hurt.
Beary
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Just ride it, the engine is fine. It would be like changing oil every time EITMS kicks in.
The unburned fuel would exit out of the engine anyway through the exhaust system.
If you are gonna worry about it, take it back to the dealer and let them check it out for free. They owe you anyway for such poor pre-delivery service.
The unburned fuel would exit out of the engine anyway through the exhaust system.
If you are gonna worry about it, take it back to the dealer and let them check it out for free. They owe you anyway for such poor pre-delivery service.
If you dump gas in a cold cylinder (if the wire fell off before the bike was even started) Most of the gas will wash the oil off the cylinder walls and go past the rings into the pan. If this is what happened you can usually smell the gas in the oil by simply opening the oil fill. I have had it happen on small bocks because of custom made wires that were not put together correctly.
If it was me I would change the oil and filter, it's cheap insurance.
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From: El Paso, Texas
Parade Mode shuts the rear cylinder fuel injector down. a loose spark plug wire will still allow the injector to work. +1 on changing the oil and filter.
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I seriously there was any fuel that went into the cylinder let alone the oil. Once the sensors connected to the ecm saw there was no heat in the exhaust (greatly diminished) it shut the fuel delivery to the injector.
Was that 20 miles you went all downhill? Run it!!!!
Was that 20 miles you went all downhill? Run it!!!!
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From: Vancouver Island B.C.
Don't know if that's true. Maybe an expert could comment. Temp sending unit is in the front cylinder head and if that is the one not running the feedback to the ecm could actually throw it into warm up mode and add more fuel.
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Maybe an expert could tell you the O2 sensors are in the pipes and if it detects a cold burn it is going to give feedback to the ECM to shut fuel to that cylinder. There are quite a few inputs to the ECM to make the engine run its best, if its not it typically goes into a shutdown or safe mode.
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Was the boot completely off? If not there might have been a weak spark in the cylinder lighting some of the gas in the chamber.
Ride safe.