[ST] Re: Oil Level

[rmcclaran@xxxxxxx]

I recently also had a similar experience of oil on the 
floor after a track day and am glad the subject has come 
up. My oil level was right in the middle and I did give 
the bike a good thrashing. There were five different spots 
of oil beneath the bike the next morning, mostly under the 
point where the swingarm and the frame join. My dealer 
suggested it was likley just blown out the breather and 
was likley due to hard track riding but could possibly. He 
suggested I clean the bike throughly then spray it with 
foot powder, ride it then look for leaks. Happy to say I 
found none. But I am curious if others have had the same 
thing happen. I also worry if oil is in my air box is it 
contaminating the air filter? Dealer says not likely and I 
don't really want to hassle with pulling my fuel tank 
(after reading the how to's on this list) to check it. 
Cheers,
Robbie
'01 Black RS
Barry Evans wrote>>>>>>>>
  Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 09:08:29 +1000
  From: "Barry Evans" <barryevans@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  Subject: Re: [ST] ST Oil Level

  On mine, the level was just below the upper mark of the sight glass for a
  year without problems, including hard road days. But when I went for a track
  day, it started to overflow down the tubes, necessitating draining 100-200
  ml of oil to half way or slightly below mark. It seems that just below the
  top mark was too high for the the extra heat/pressure during a track day.
  Barry
  01 BRG ST


  > Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 09:37:49 +0100
  > From: "Dave Sillence" <davesillence@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  > Subject: [ST] ST Oil Level
  >
  > Any Sprint ST owners out there that have noticed that their bikes are
  > sensitive to a particular level of oil? (e.g. through the site window)
  mine
  > appears to be blowing a fair bit out of the breather pipe, or at least
  when
  > I removed the bung from it there was about 10-15cc of oil that drained
  out.
  > I tend to like to run the oil level towards the upper level of the two
  > marks, I was wondering if any fellow Sprint ST owners have had any similar
  > problems or, perhaps, running it at the 'lower' end of the two marks is
  more
  > advisable?
  > Any advice/info would be much appreciated.
  >
  > Regards
  > UK Dave

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