MarvelMan

Thanks Don, I could not be more grateful for all the feedback from you folks. Tons of thanks.

Hey guys, Marvel Man here, aka: Goober to the max. Geez, bought my brand new (to me) 2002 royal star midnight venture with 8,500 miles and the previous owner had the Yamaha shop completely rebuild the carbs for over a $1,000 bucks plus they installed a new rear tire and I paid, 3,800 for the bike. Guys, not a scratch on her and never been down and looks brand new. Well, I'm a newbie and freaked when I saw there was no oil when I checked in on my driveway with the stand down. Needless to say, I over filled the case by 2 quart of oil. you can imagine. She started burping up all that oil and it had to go some where to into the air boxes it went, thank god, for that is what alerted me to my mistake. blow by oil on driveway seeping out of airbox breather hose. Called Yamaha they said I did right buy dumping all and just filled with 3.5quarts. My question to you guys is did I screw up by using the Mobil 1 Racing 4T 10W-40. It says on the bottle that it is "Advanced Full Synthetic: 4 cycle Motorcycle Oil. Please let me know about the oil and what should I do. Thanks fellas.

This is a great post. I am new to the bike. checked the oil window on a slanted drive while on kickstand and freaked cause I saw no oil. No problem. just add three quarts to an already full crankcase. well, she started spotting and so I realized I had screwed the pooch. Drained all five quarts of oil and refilled to 3.5 per the owners manual. The bike still has a fuel odor and I bet it is the left air box and filter. I checked the right and it was clean and dry. do you guys agree that I should check the left and when doing so would you guess that it might need a new air filter. When you talk about air boxes I am assuming those things above our feet where the air filters for both sides of the engine are? Correct. Thanks for helping the old dawg out in oklhoma.