what grade oil did you use? 10w40? or? i'd say try diesel 15w40 or 20w50 and then see? does she smoke at all?
On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]>wrote: > sorry to hear that Joey. That bike has real high mileage for an air > cooled engine without even an oil cooler. Could be just burning the oil. > Did they do a compression test? Let's just mull over it for a few days, > Graham > > On May 26, 2012, at 10:52 PM, Joey Kelley wrote: > > > All, > > I really wanted to tell you all the good news: > > I picked up my GS-1000 from the dealer I had working on it. > > Here is the bad news - well - two fold: One they had it over a > > month and two the bill was $869. > > Here is the even worse news: > > There is an oil leak so bad coming from some place they couldn't > > identify. To be fair I'm not exactly sure - but it appears to have > > leaked out and burned at least two quarts of oil on a 30 mile ride > > home from the dealer. > > The dealers opinion is that they cannot identify it without > > pulling the engine - possibly splitting the case - and figuring out > > what is leaking. > > The problem is - I have no place to work on the bike, not > > enough knowledge of the internals and (evidently) not enough money to > > be able to afford someone else to fix it for me. > > I have now doubled my purchase price in repairs - and I can't > ride it. > > Thoughts? Suggestions? > > Graham - want another GS-1000? Allen? > > -Joey > > PS - No I'm not happy. :-( > > > > > > -- > > -Joey Kelley > > JoeyKelley.com - My Life Online > > JoeyFixesComputers.com - Its What I Do! > > JoeyKelleyPhoto.com - Photographing Today, For Tomorrow > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
