In your message dated: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 08:19:25 PDT,
The pithy ruminations from Adam Altman on
<Re: valve seal replacement?> were:
=> Valve seal replacement = $350 (guess)
If it was that cheap, I'd do it now!
=> castrol 20/50 = $1.50
Mobil1 15/50 = ~$4.50
=>
=> You have to stop for gas avery 200 miles anyway.
=> Thrown in a cup of oil and save some jing.
Yeah, but if I'm doing 1.5K miles/week, adding oil all the time is a real pain
(hmmm...will the next gas station have good oil in the grade I need? where will
I keep an extra quart when the saddlebags are full for 2 people on a long tour,
etc.).
=>
=> I'm not convinced it's coming from the valve guide
Neither am I.
=> seals anyway (lay opinion--your mechanic has a better
=> idea than me, but I thought that if it was the vgs,
=> the oil would leak down into the cylinder at shut off,
=> resulting in a puff of smoke at start).
I don't think that the local shop did a really complete diagnosis, but it
sounds like a reasonable guess.
Mark
=>
=> Adam (cheapskate).
=>
=> --- Brandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
=> > > OK, my bike has 53K+ miles, and the oil
=> > consumption is getting annoying.
=> >
=>
=>
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