Hello all. My apologies if this topic has been addressed previously, but my searches did not return much on it.
The dealer changed my oil with full synthetic (Yamalube , I think) at my 1000mi service, and since then I have had issues with my oil pressure/level light coming on while riding. It started coming on intermittently while riding probably 500-1000mi or so after the service. I kept checking the oil level (correct method, on level ground, no stands, straight front tire) and always found it well within the two fill lines, so I added more oil to see if it was a fluke and kept riding.
The problem persisted after putting more miles on the bike, so I brought it in to the dealer. They didn't know the rate of consumption, so they filled up the oil to the top of the fill lines and sealed the fill cap with silicon (presumably so that they could tell if I removed oil on my own) and told me to ride until I thought it was time to fill with more oil so that they could determine the rate of consumption. I probably put another 1000-1300mi on the bike until the oil level went from the top of the fill line to just below the line! I should have been checking more frequently. Is the amount between the lines a quart, like in a car? If so, that is a lot of oil to consume!
Has anyone come across this problem? I'm worried that I might have incorrectly broken in the engine or something.
It's been at the dealer now for two weeks, waiting on parts for the recall. And they should finally get to looking at the bike today. I guess there's not much to do at the moment--I'm just really curious as to what could have caused the consumption.
The dealer changed my oil with full synthetic (Yamalube , I think) at my 1000mi service, and since then I have had issues with my oil pressure/level light coming on while riding. It started coming on intermittently while riding probably 500-1000mi or so after the service. I kept checking the oil level (correct method, on level ground, no stands, straight front tire) and always found it well within the two fill lines, so I added more oil to see if it was a fluke and kept riding.
The problem persisted after putting more miles on the bike, so I brought it in to the dealer. They didn't know the rate of consumption, so they filled up the oil to the top of the fill lines and sealed the fill cap with silicon (presumably so that they could tell if I removed oil on my own) and told me to ride until I thought it was time to fill with more oil so that they could determine the rate of consumption. I probably put another 1000-1300mi on the bike until the oil level went from the top of the fill line to just below the line! I should have been checking more frequently. Is the amount between the lines a quart, like in a car? If so, that is a lot of oil to consume!
Has anyone come across this problem? I'm worried that I might have incorrectly broken in the engine or something.
It's been at the dealer now for two weeks, waiting on parts for the recall. And they should finally get to looking at the bike today. I guess there's not much to do at the moment--I'm just really curious as to what could have caused the consumption.