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HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION
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ITS BEEN SOMETIME SINCE I WROTE ANYTHING BUT I NEED TO NOW.
I'VE GOT A 82 KZ1100D SPECTRE WITH 30000 MILES ON IT.
IT RUNS AND RIDES LIKE A DREAM BUT HAS ONE BIG PROBLEM.
IT BURNS A QUART OF OIL EVERY 200 MILES.
NOT A LOT OF SMOKE AND OK PERFORMANCE.
MY QUESTION; COULD THIS BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN BAD RINGS VALVES OR SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES A SERIOUS TEARDOWN???
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FRED
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HOW DO I CHECK THE VENT ?
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You should check the oil the next day, after its all run back down into the pan and returned to the same temperature.
Some guys can be overfilling, checking the oil hot and seeing it low in the window. Well thats because its all still up in the head and all over.
Goodluck.
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Still recovering,some days are better than others.
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WISH I WAS WRONG BUT IT USES THAT MUCH.
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PULLED THE AIR FILTER AND WHILE IT HAD OIL ON IT IT WASN'T SOAKED. ALSO THE TUBE GOING INTO IT WAS CLEAR.
WHERES THE VENT?
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Still recovering,some days are better than others.
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No way valve guides can leak that much. I would think if your rings were that bad, you should make blue smoke like a cropduster when you open the throttle to accelerate. Somebody behind you should be able to see your vapor trail. I'm not laughing, I had a 1970 plymouth that burned a quart every 300 miles. It's possible.HONESTLY, I'M POSITIVE IT USES THAT MUCH .... ALWAYS CHECK COLD BEFORE I USE IT.
WISH I WAS WRONG BUT IT USES THAT MUCH.
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As mentioned, compression test, leak down test, oil pressure measurement etc....
I'm with the others, if it isn't smoking like a banshee, it isn't draining into the air filter enclosure/tube clear, no cylinder/head oil gasket leakage, plugs not fouled/saturated in oil, no oil at the end of the exhaust etc... then it has to be dripping out somewhere below unnoticed...... such as crack in the oil pan or lower engine case, oil filter gasket leaking etc...
Wash her clean, insure oil at proper level, jack the rear up on the center stand, cooling fan aimed on the motor, start her up and find the leak...
There's no way you can possibly be burning that much oil with no exhaust smoke or other mentioned variables in 200 miles... maybe we're all wrong but at least extremely unlikely to be burning that much.
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