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    Oil leak

    in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)

    Posted

    Just an update. I took the bike in for a service and they found that the oil leak was not a leak at all. I had a small amount of oil floating in the cooling reservoir. The hose that I thought was a vent hose is actually the overflow hose for the reservoir. I have read articles here that say that the cause could be in my water pump, head gasket, or the twinkie (still trying to figure out what that is). I have done the oil change and did not see any signs of water in the oil (the white foam). So, now I have to come up with a plan of action.

    Have the cooling system inspected.

    Inspect the twinkie and replace gaskets as needed.

    If necessary, have the compression checked.

     

    The bike has always ran very well so I'm not sure if the head gasket is the cause though I'm not ruling it out.

    Oil leak

    in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)

    Posted

    Ok, RESIDUE is what you said. Not liquid oil right? "Residue" is ok. Liquid oil is not. If you have liquid in your airbox I am going with videoarizona on this one as a blocked air vent. The oil is vaporizing and allowed to go up but when condensed, is slow to go back down. Check for a blockage.

    I live in Texas so I know a little something about heat. I run 10W-40 and on long trips at cruising speed I will even get a hint of oil mist out the breather tubes to the airfilters and I notice this because I clean the air filters every oil change, (blow off the big bugs at least) . I am talking about "residue", a couple drops, mist that has condensed back to liquid in the tubes and on the foam blockers in the leg guards, when I go slower than warp factor 1. Nothing to write home about.

     

    So... if you ride like a nut job in 100 degree heat at Warp 7 like I do, "residue" found inside the airbox every 5 or 10 thousand miles is perfectly ok. Here is how to check the breather.

     

    https://www.venturerider.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=116569

     

    In fact, on some bikes, you have to dump out the LIQUID oil from the airbox reservoir every 4K miles or so and this is part of regular maintenance and applies to bikes that have the correct oil level.

     

    Thank you for this information! This area on my bike looks pristine. I will pull the hoses and check to see if they are plugged

    Oil leak

    in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)

    Posted

    Soooo, when you let it run outside it was on the side stand, did you happen to do that waiting for the train as well?

     

    Yes, it was on the side stand last winter but not while waiting for the train. Of course it was on the side stand in the garage when it leaked.

    Oil leak

    in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)

    Posted

    Oil fumes are supposed to get sucked up to the airbox with the idea that they will go into the carbs as vapors and be burnt during the combustion process, but during hard running at highway speeds the oil can be "sloshed" around and either more fumes than the system can handle or liquid oil can get sucked up to the air box. The excess fumes will eventually condense back to liquid and run to the low point in the air box where the hose is, and any liquid sucked up will immediately drop to the bottom f the air box and find its way to the drain tube.

     

    Checking the air box periodically for liquid oil is a PM sort of thing, I would do mine maybe once a year or so, there was always some liquid oil present and I never over filled my crankcase.

     

    If there is an excessive amount of oil then there may be a real problem some where, otherwise I would clean it and motor on and check it at some regular interval to monitor the build up.

     

    The strange thing is it seems to be heat related. The first time I noticed a puddle under the bike is when I backed it out of the garage last winter to run the engine and forgot about it for an hour or so. This week I was stuck waiting for a long and slow train on a hot day. Rode it into the garage and noticed it later on.

    Oil leak

    in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)

    Posted

    So, I have owned my bike since new. (2007 Venture) this year I’ve noticed a leak after the bike is parked. The oil is coming out of a vent hose. Everyone will say it is because I have overfilled the crankcase but it is not the fact. I have always filled it halfway in the window and the last time I filled it a quarter way up. This only happens when the engine is hot. I pulled the tank and sure enough there is oil residue in and below the air box above the carbs on the drivers side. Any ideas? I’m at a loss.

    More centrestand questions

    in Watering Hole

    Posted

    O.K.....so I installed the centre stand on my 2006 RSV and then learned that I have to always put the side stand down before using the centre stand. Great....so the bike is up on the centre stand......for the life of me I cannot push or rock it forward enough to get it to come down off the stand. I'm not a small boy, and I rocked this thing til I was blue in the face...she won't roll forward enough to come off the stand!!!

    Any suggestions???

     

    I had the same trouble. I finally gave up and took mine off. It's a 900 lb bike and not so easy to rock a center stand down.

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