Subject: RE: Oil ? & 1st Ride
Author: Keith Ruff
Date: Apr 20, 2002, 7:59 AM
Post ID: 1710103210
Ian Adkins wrote:
Do you shut your petcocks off when you stop the bike? Maybe your
radiator coolant is leaking into the oil? :-)
Hey Ian,
Shut off the petcocks? Can you do that? Mine either leak or don't flow
at all, so now that they are on and not leaking, I ain't tuchin nuthin!
Oh yeah, I forgot to change that old radiator fluid - if I could only
find the radiator now..................
Fixed the horn, was just a wire that disconnected inside the headlight
shell-good as new.
Oil was muddy like coming out, perhaps it was just age that crapped it
up plus moisture, who knows, will fill her back up and keep a check,
perhaps the new 20W50 oil will leak less since it is a bunch thicker
than the mud that came out.
Keith Ruff
71 Police Ambassador - NJ
Keith,
Not me. My 69 is stable as a rock with the idle. My 70 is a bit of a bitch until she gets warmed up but she is rock solid when she gets warmed up. When your idle drops is it because the slides are too low or because the engine starts to bog down with too much richness? When the bike gets good and warm disconnect the chokes (enricheners) and see how the bike runs. Remember...the bike should be set to run right when warm...not cold.
Maybe you are getting gas into the oil? Does the oil have a gas smell? Do you shut your petcocks off when you stop the bike? Maybe your radiator coolant is leaking into the oil? :-) Regards...Ian |