Should I be concerned?
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Should I be concerned?
I am trying to not get sucked into the Oil migrating and Sumping paranoia. I have a 2017 TG bought new in Aug17. I have 8700 miles.
I took it in for the 5 K at 5900 miles and had them put syn3 in all three holes.
I check my oil weekly and have hesitated to add unless required. I check cold and being a trike, use the upright scale on the dip stick. Last week I checked and noticed that the oil was under the add mark. I added Syn3 oil just to get it back on the hashed area. It took 16 oz.
I have absolutely zero indication that the engine is burning oil. No white smoke. No oil film in exhaust pipes. And of course, no oil leaks.
Am I to assume that that oil went to another chamber? Primary? Transmission?
At 10K I will be taking it in for the oil change/service check. I want to have my ducks in a row if I am to start an investigation.
Is this worthy of concern?
I took it in for the 5 K at 5900 miles and had them put syn3 in all three holes.
I check my oil weekly and have hesitated to add unless required. I check cold and being a trike, use the upright scale on the dip stick. Last week I checked and noticed that the oil was under the add mark. I added Syn3 oil just to get it back on the hashed area. It took 16 oz.
I have absolutely zero indication that the engine is burning oil. No white smoke. No oil film in exhaust pipes. And of course, no oil leaks.
Am I to assume that that oil went to another chamber? Primary? Transmission?
At 10K I will be taking it in for the oil change/service check. I want to have my ducks in a row if I am to start an investigation.
Is this worthy of concern?
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I am trying to not get sucked into the Oil migrating and Sumping paranoia. I have a 2017 TG bought new in Aug17. I have 8700 miles.
I took it in for the 5 K at 5900 miles and had them put syn3 in all three holes.
I check my oil weekly and have hesitated to add unless required. I check cold and being a trike, use the upright scale on the dip stick. Last week I checked and noticed that the oil was under the add mark. I added Syn3 oil just to get it back on the hashed area. It took 16 oz.
I have absolutely zero indication that the engine is burning oil. No white smoke. No oil film in exhaust pipes. And of course, no oil leaks.
Am I to assume that that oil went to another chamber? Primary? Transmission?
At 10K I will be taking it in for the oil change/service check. I want to have my ducks in a row if I am to start an investigation.
Is this worthy of concern?
I took it in for the 5 K at 5900 miles and had them put syn3 in all three holes.
I check my oil weekly and have hesitated to add unless required. I check cold and being a trike, use the upright scale on the dip stick. Last week I checked and noticed that the oil was under the add mark. I added Syn3 oil just to get it back on the hashed area. It took 16 oz.
I have absolutely zero indication that the engine is burning oil. No white smoke. No oil film in exhaust pipes. And of course, no oil leaks.
Am I to assume that that oil went to another chamber? Primary? Transmission?
At 10K I will be taking it in for the oil change/service check. I want to have my ducks in a row if I am to start an investigation.
Is this worthy of concern?
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IMHO only, unless you checked the oil regularly after the 5k change, and know it was filled properly at that time, I would fill properly then ride till the 10k service and observe closely what the oil level does. (This after the check of the primary level, as suggested above, of course.)
Unless you changed the oil yourself the last time or confirmed level after they did it, you don't know if it was filled properly, whether or not you have a remote filter or another reason for an added amount of oil being required which a tech may have missed. I also suggest photographic documentation of what you do to show the dealer. (Oil dripping out of the primary when the derby cover is removed, for example.) It saves a lot of diagnostic time, not to mention removes skepticism on their part. (Been there, done that.)
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I understand being skeptical when customers describe an issue that doesn't seem logical or I haven't seen. I could tell you hours of stupid **** customers whined about with lawn and garden equipment from my days managing a Sears service center. Any time a customer had proof (i.e. pictures) of why they hadn't done something stupid to their lawn mower it helped get them the warranty coverage in many cases.
Pictures of an overfilled primary would fit this. Not irrefutable, but definitely advances the conversation beyond "are you sure this is happening?"
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I agree with this, even though despite re-reading the OP's post several times, I cannot see where he said he had installed a remote oil filter. My point isn't to call that out, but to agree that there might be another reason for the oil being low, as suggested by OrdSgt.
IMHO only, unless you checked the oil regularly after the 5k change, and know it was filled properly at that time, I would fill properly then ride till the 10k service and observe closely what the oil level does. (This after the check of the primary level, as suggested above, of course.)
Unless you changed the oil yourself the last time or confirmed level after they did it, you don't know if it was filled properly, whether or not you have a remote filter or another reason for an added amount of oil being required which a tech may have missed. I also suggest photographic documentation of what you do to show the dealer. (Oil dripping out of the primary when the derby cover is removed, for example.) It saves a lot of diagnostic time, not to mention removes skepticism on their part. (Been there, done that.)
IMHO only, unless you checked the oil regularly after the 5k change, and know it was filled properly at that time, I would fill properly then ride till the 10k service and observe closely what the oil level does. (This after the check of the primary level, as suggested above, of course.)
Unless you changed the oil yourself the last time or confirmed level after they did it, you don't know if it was filled properly, whether or not you have a remote filter or another reason for an added amount of oil being required which a tech may have missed. I also suggest photographic documentation of what you do to show the dealer. (Oil dripping out of the primary when the derby cover is removed, for example.) It saves a lot of diagnostic time, not to mention removes skepticism on their part. (Been there, done that.)
I'm not ready to sound the alarm. At 10K, I will point it out.
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