Kraig
When I changed to the Kendoll I watched my idle drop about 1.5 to 2K
after the bike was hot, I think its inherent to the oil. I did get rid
of that goat piss too, I didn't have it in long enough to notice any oil
consumption, but I too went back to Yamalube. Just a fyi.
#1336
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>
> Kraig. Before I give you some help please answer the following questions. 1.
> During full throttle acceleration does blue smoke come out of the exhaust.
> 2. Do you get any blue smoke from your exhaust when the bike is cold and
> just started up. 3. What type of oil and what weight is it. 4. Have you
> inspected the engine top to bottom to make sure your engine doesn't have a
> oil leak some where. 5. Does your engine idle smoothly. 6. Are all 4 spark
> plugs center ceramic the same color. 7. When looking at the top of each
> spark plugs, what color is the center ceramic lower sections. 8. What color
> is your exhaust tip. Well take care and e-mail me soon.
>
> 1) full throttle = no smoke
>
> 2) No smoke at start up BUT I do get about 5"'s of white smoke when the temp
> is below freezing.
>
> 3) right now 15w15 Moble1 but am going to change back to Yamalube Race lude
> today. Oil was consumed the most with 20W50 Kendoll. Placed a couple of
> 20W50 Castro Car oil on the road due to necessity. It seem that the
> consumption is cut in half with the Moble1
>
> 4) Yes, cleaned the bottom of the engine with brake cleaner. It is as clean
> as a whsle. 308 mile trip at 80MPH without stopping ate 1/2 quart of oil.
> Pulled straight into garage, next morning not even a drop on the floor.
>
> 5) No, I have a mercury syncro on order from K&N should be here any day. I
> am going to do a flote check also at that time. It has always had a lope at
> idle from the factory. Just recently the idle has dropped to around 500-800
> RPM's. I know it should be around 1000. I plane to fix this when I sync the
> carbs. If the motor is hot and I blip the throttle 1 out of three times Mr.
> Max will die, but fries right up at the touch of the starter.
>
> 6&7) See the attached PICS for my plugs. NO they are not the same color.
> One is dark (front left). It is "hard" black not "wet." The black flakes
> off with the scrape of your fingernail. It will not rub off. One is kinda
> white (front right). The other two are almond (both rear).
>
> 8) See attached photo. There is black soot around the opening this has
> always been like this since I have owned the bike new. As you can see from
> the second PIC the soot wipes off with a pass of your finger.
>
> Kraig
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