What kind of oil are you using? Try draining the oil and refilling with Rotella T (the plain stuff, not the synthetic T5 or T6) and a new filter. Retain the old oil, dilute some of it with gas and strain it thru a coffee filter, looking for minute shavings of metal or clutch plate material.
If metal, there's an internal engine problem. If clutch plate coating, it's clutch related and a Rotella refill may take care of it with no further action required. On Jul 9, 4:29 pm, Kevin Green <[email protected]> wrote: > So I've put almost 1500 miles on the bike in the last 4 months since I got > it running (which included removing and reinstalling the head with all new > gaskets), but as I was pulling up to my house a few days ago I noticed a > squeaking sound coming from the motor. When I started it back up this > weekend it started squeaking immediately (cold engine) and it increases > with the RPMs. On my car I would say it sounds like an accessory belt > squeaking, it's that kind of sound, but it's coming from inside the motor. > I also opened the filler/dipstick with the motor running and air and oil > came sputtering out at me, but I'm not sure that's not normal for a running > engine like this. I pulled the valve cover and adjusted the valves but > they weren't very far out of adjustment, so I don't think that was it. I > checked the torque on my head bolts, and they are all to spec, but I > noticed that the resistance in one of the bolts is all resistance in the > thread and not pressure from the bolt on the head. I'm wondering if > there's not enough pressure on the head and that's the source of my > leakage. Anybody have any thoughts or suggestions? > > -- > Kevin Green - Orlando, FL > --------------------------------- > 1982 Honda Nighthawk 450 - CB450SC -- 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.
