Hi TC,
I thought that message regarding the red light got lost somewhere out in space. Seems
you are the only one brave enough to answer.
The oil changes I cannot do myself since the bike is still under warranty. Yam rep.
over here used a special running in oil for the first 1000 miles and he has changed it
for the standard once, that is the oil I have in there. I appreciate you saying that
there is no problem if you mix synthetic and mineral, but I would prefer not to since
as I just mentioned I am still under warranty. ( the weather is so lousy anyway that I
did not take that long ride anyway).
One question I never asked Dynojet was the reason for installing the restrictor
orifice on the breather line out from the crankcase (DJ7011), you see I have not
installed it due to difficulties in accessing the breather hose. Could this be the
reason for lost oil? I personally can't see why, but I could be missing
something.........
Regards,
Charles ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
----- Original Message -----
From: TC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: V-MAX TECH LIST <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2000 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: Oil red light comes on
> Charles,
> You can mix synthetic and mineral ... it is not a big deal ... I
> thought you were doing your own changes ... With the price difference
> however .. I would think it unlikely that a shop would use synthetic
> without you specifically asking for it. In fact ... with the frequent
> oil light .. I suspected that you might have already switched to
> synthetic ... as the viscosity difference will make it light a whole
> lot more than what you might be used to seeing. I have been running
> the Mobil 1 15-50w auto synthetic and I can light the lamp practically
> at will ... and this is a lot different than when I used to use
> Castrol 20-50 mineral oil.
>
> Another thing that I never noticed until I started using the
> synthetic, (not implying that it could not have been happening all the
> time anyway), is an 1/8 -1/4 inch, (3-6mm), difference in the sight
> glass oil level ..... sometimes ..... Once .. after replacing what I
> thought was "missing" oil ... I had to siphon it out a short time
> later. On several occasions I have watched almost a 1/4 inch of oil
> magically reappear in the window after the bike was allowed to set
> overnight ... I finally determined that this was largely due to the
> operation of a check valve in the oil filter I was using ...
>
> In your case ... if you are sure the oil is really gone .... then you
> are right ... it either went out the tailpipe or you have a leak.
> There really isn't any place else for it to go. I know you recently
> changed to individual filters .. and I suspect using the braided
> DynoJet piece into the front two air filter tops ........ I wouldn't
> be surprised if it isn't exiting in that fashion ... if not ... you
> might want to do a leak down and/or a compression test and if
> everything is OK then adjust your oil weight, (IMHO).
> campbell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Oil red light comes on
>
>
> My red light on the dash comes on more and more often.
> > snip <
> I don't know what kind of oil he used, mainly if it is mineral or
> synthetic.
> > snip <
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