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Burning oil
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:44 pm
by zxr400@prodigy
hey peeps, my little bitch of a zxr is starting to burn oil have any of you guys heard of piston rings going on them and is it common! :smt013
Re: Burning oil
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:10 pm
by masterofinsanity
not heard of it yet.................
Re: Burning oil
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:22 am
by Jamz
Some older bikes just burn oil - there's nothing wrong with them, so to speak - or at least nothing that warrents fixing!
Personally, mine never burnt any oil, and the only time it dripped some was after the rebore... and that turned out to be a loose sump plug that TTS obviously hadn't bothered to tighten. :smt013
Re: Burning oil
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:07 am
by RedexRobB
Its quite normal for engines to burn oil, but obviously not to the point where its belching smoke out the exhaust. My 7R burns it ever so slightly but the engine is sweet as a nut and doesnt smoke as far as i aware. Not a common problem for the ZXR but what are the symtoms?
Re: Burning oil
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:07 pm
by zxr400@prodigy
well it has burnt about 3 quarters of a litre in 2 months which to me dunt sound normal however there is no oil or white smoke coming out of the pipe.
Re: Burning oil
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:36 pm
by Gemini
that does sound a lot, has it got any leaks?
Re: Burning oil
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:29 pm
by Caz
zxr400@prodigy wrote:well it has burnt about 3 quarters of a litre in 2 months which to me dunt sound normal however there is no oil or white smoke coming out of the pipe.
That doesnt really say very much. How many miles have you done?