Re: [St] Oil in the left cylinder

[Todd J <me_shucker@xxxxxxxxx>]

Forgot to add, that oil in the airbox and/or smoke upon restart is a good sign the breather sent some oil up. 
David Jonas <kahonas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:  I've since done a spark plug change (my drop was over 2 years ago), and #1
was fine. That's an interesting tidbit, though. Thanks.

On 6/20/08, Todd J wrote:
>
> On the pre-02 model, the crankcase breather is on the left side of the
> engine and connects to the left side of the airbox. If your ST falls on it's
> left side oil can run out the breather and into the airbox and then down
> into the #1 cylinder causing a hydraulic lock. It would be worth pulling the
> plugs to see if there is oil in #1.
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