Radar
15th April 2009, 10:13
A friend of mine was commuting to work when he felt a loss of power, looked down and noticed oil gushing out all over his boot. What do you think he did then? Yep, you guessed it: :gob: He kept riding!! :eek5:
He rode 5 km's to a bike shop with practically no oil in his bike. The mechanic at the shop told him he was surprised the bike actually made it all the way.
Second dumbshiite way to stuff an engine: Let a friend change the oil and filter on your bike because "he knows what he is doing" - and don't bother to check that he installed the oil filter correctly.
The correct procedure is: Tighten as per the specifications, no more no less, replace the O rings (if not part of the filter itself) if necessary, and smear a bit of oil on the O rings before tightening the filter. (If there are other things, post them here.) Failure to do these things is the most likely cause of my mate's bike losing a lot of oil only a few days after the oil and filter was changed.
Another dumbshiite way - Keep riding when your bike loses coolant (if your bike is water cooled).
Losing a few drops of oil or water is usually not reason to stop riding, but you will need to be careful and get the leak fixed 'sometime soon'. If, however, your bike leaks a large quantity of water or oil, DO NOT RIDE YOUR BIKE.
BTW, my mate is generally a fairly smart guy. On his way to work when his bike lost oil, he must have sucked in some diesel fumes to make him suddenly stupid. I dunno, I thought most everyone would know that riding / driving a vehicle without oil or coolant :wacko: would stuff an engine.
He rode 5 km's to a bike shop with practically no oil in his bike. The mechanic at the shop told him he was surprised the bike actually made it all the way.
Second dumbshiite way to stuff an engine: Let a friend change the oil and filter on your bike because "he knows what he is doing" - and don't bother to check that he installed the oil filter correctly.
The correct procedure is: Tighten as per the specifications, no more no less, replace the O rings (if not part of the filter itself) if necessary, and smear a bit of oil on the O rings before tightening the filter. (If there are other things, post them here.) Failure to do these things is the most likely cause of my mate's bike losing a lot of oil only a few days after the oil and filter was changed.
Another dumbshiite way - Keep riding when your bike loses coolant (if your bike is water cooled).
Losing a few drops of oil or water is usually not reason to stop riding, but you will need to be careful and get the leak fixed 'sometime soon'. If, however, your bike leaks a large quantity of water or oil, DO NOT RIDE YOUR BIKE.
BTW, my mate is generally a fairly smart guy. On his way to work when his bike lost oil, he must have sucked in some diesel fumes to make him suddenly stupid. I dunno, I thought most everyone would know that riding / driving a vehicle without oil or coolant :wacko: would stuff an engine.