Running out of oil???

[Renegade]

So the bike has done a total of 5500kms since new and had all its services done at the required time including the one at 4000kms.

i got on the bike after work and nothing seemed out of the ordinary untill i got home (johnsonville to wellington cbd) and the motor was making a hell of a racket.

i shut it off and came back later to check the oil and the dam thing was empty, it took a litre to fill it back up.

it dosnt have any oil leaks and only had a service 1500kms ago, so why did it run out of oil???? its a near new bike

il admit i only check the oil every now and then and i have been giving it some full throttle runs across the motorway lately in the early hours of the morning but still

any thoughts as to why or where the oil went??

[MSTRS:Me]

Cullen took it?

[forkoil]

If there arent any oil leaks, then it can only be burning it. May be a valve stem seal. Suggest after topping up to go for a ride with a mate following in a car, going downhill throttle off, then on at the bottom and check for lots of blue smoke out the back. Are you sure there is no oil around, maybe out of crankcase breather hose?

[Renegade]

definately not leaks that i can see, there is a bit (next to none) around the crank breather but i thought that was normal?

[avgas]

Stop putting oil in the petrol tank.
But yeh i had a similar experience recently with some engine flush oil.....bike was suppose to take 3.7L, so i put that in - went for a ride, came back and had to add another 1L.....
I now know why - but it took me a while.

[Cajun]

last service could have put a strange oil in, i know my zzr250 use to drink motul oil, but motul oil only, any other oil would be fine for 5000kms, but using motul it would only last 2000kms before it was empty

[Mountlocal1]

last service could have put a strange oil in, i know my zzr250 use to drink motul oil, but motul oil only, any other oil would be fine for 5000kms, but using motul it would only last 2000kms before it was empty

Now thats interesting... My bike does not blow any smoke (had someone follow me) but uses quite a bit of oil. Especially after an extended run. Im running Motul as well. Wonder if I should change oils? Hmmm...

Id go with both lots of advice. Have someone follow ya to check for smoke. Failing that try another brand of oil.

Good luck!

[Mom]

Now that is an interesting observation about the brand of oil. I have not had my bike long enough to have any idea of its oil usage, it does not blow smoke, or leak, but after topping it up before the Cheese cutter ride (230 or so kms) I checked it before my next ride out and needed to top it up. Guess the biggest message here is check your oil level each time you venture out.

Hope no damage has been done to that engine mate!

[JMemonic]

Is it just me or does this seem excessive, heck I would be getting concerned if I used that much oil, 1 litre between oil changes would be excessive.

[Cajun]

Now thats interesting... My bike does not blow any smoke (had someone follow me) but uses quite a bit of oil. Especially after an extended run. Im running Motul as well. Wonder if I should change oils? Hmmm...

Id go with both lots of advice. Have someone follow ya to check for smoke. Failing that try another brand of oil.

Good luck!

old bike never blew any smoke either, it just dispeared. was very strange.

Now that is an interesting observation about the brand of oil. I have not had my bike long enough to have any idea of its oil usage, it does not blow smoke, or leak, but after topping it up before the Cheese cutter ride (230 or so kms) I checked it before my next ride out and needed to top it up. Guess the biggest message here is check your oil level each time you venture out.

Hope no damage has been done to that engine mate!

Well if you do not know when last time it was serviced always cheap enough to dump the oil and put a new filter on for piece of mind, i would do it personally as well(unless have a bike shop recepit for it)

[Mom]

old bike never blew any smoke either, it just dispeared. was very strange.Well if you do not know when last time it was serviced always cheap enough to dump the oil and put a new filter on for piece of mind, i would do it personally as well(unless have a bike shop recepit for it)

I have just bought the bike, the previous owner, did the last service on it. Prior to that it was serviced down Welly way by the same shop. I am really surprised to hear of this Motul oil issue. About a million or more years ago I knew the people that were responsible for making motul oil available here in NZ, in fact even packed a few hundred cartons of the stuff if truth be told.......LOL.

I am about to undertake a bit of a TLC maintenance thing with the bike........oil and filter top priority!

Thanks bananaman

[Renegade]

i ahve no idea what sort of oil the shop put in it when it was last serviced, i put in some fuchs standard road bike oil and man have i noticed a difference, its the recommended weight oil but the gear box is hard to find nuetral now, which is what it was like coming up to its last service, i wont be putting that brand of oil in it again but im gunna see how long it lasts before i change it.

[SVboy]

Sounds excessive-if it is a near new bike-might be worth letting the bike shop know in case it becomes a warranty claim.

[FROSTY:Me]

Mom--dont worry about your bike burning oil-bikes of that vintage do that and it might not be burning oil so much as burning the condensed water out of the engine.
Renegade.--Id suggest you give the bike shop a yell -tell them whats happened and what you've done.
Theres a few reasons your bike could be "losing" oil one that occurred to me is that the oil level was checked BEFORE startup when it was serviced as in before the oil got pumped into the oil filter etc. Then normal oil useage would drop the level by to where it was when you noticed it .
Maybee the oil was overfilled and has been being pumped out and you just havent noticed.maybee one set of rings havent bedded in properly

[Renegade]

last service could have put a strange oil in, i know my zzr250 use to drink motul oil, but motul oil only, any other oil would be fine for 5000kms, but using motul it would only last 2000kms before it was empty

what brand of oil are you running now?