Yes Graham it is - guess I'm going to have to get a compression tester.
-Joey
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote:
> this the GS with 50k miles right Joey? Do a compression test
>
> On Apr 18, 2011, at 8:57 PM, Joey Kelley wrote:
>
>> Thats what I was afraid of.
>> -Joey
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 8:55 PM, James O'Gorman <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Time for a bore and stroke.
>>>
>>> - JO
>>>
>>> On Apr 18, 2011, at 7:53 PM, Joey Kelley wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello All,
>>>> Discovered today in the 140 odd miles since I did an oil
>>>> change the GS-1000 has apparently burned at least two quarts of oil.
>>>> (Thats all I had - so I know it burned that much) This jives with the
>>>> changing oil level I noticed and the black spark plugs.
>>>> I thought it might be dumping raw fuel into the crankcase, but
>>>> I pulled the carb drain plugs and with the petcock in the normal
>>>> (vacuum activated) position, no fuel leaked after the carb bowls
>>>> drained.
>>>> I'm now fearing the worst - that the engine will have to be
>>>> completely rebuilt from the block up - but I'm hoping that someone
>>>> here can talk me down from that.
>>>> Thoughts and encouragement?
>>>> -Joey
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