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Author Message   Ryno1125 Posted on Friday, October 03, 2008 - 03:59 pm:        Is anyone else having trouble keeping oil in the bike? I also have excessive valvetrain noise between 3000-4500. sounds like a metallic fluttering. Thanks   Badlionsfan Posted on Friday, October 03, 2008 - 05:25 pm:        Miles?   Fresnobuell Posted on Friday, October 03, 2008 - 05:43 pm:        I have been impressed with the LACK of oil burning. I am sure that the Amsoil being synthetic helps too.   Zac4mac Posted on Friday, October 03, 2008 - 06:11 pm:        How many miles on the bike? This motor is a lot noisier on top than the Lump™. Z   Ryno1125 Posted on Friday, October 03, 2008 - 06:28 pm:        4500 miles, I just checked my air filter and looked down thru the stacks and it looks like the front cyl is burning oil. I've used an extra quart so far, not 2 excited about that with 4500 miles on her.   Blake Posted on Friday, October 03, 2008 - 09:41 pm:        You might want to ensure that you are not over-filling. Looking down through the stacks, it would be difficult to discern if a cylinder is burning oil unless the oil is leaking past the intake valve guide seal and was leaving telltale signs.   Tasmaniac Posted on Friday, October 03, 2008 - 11:39 pm:        there could be a split in the diaphram in the clutch if so oil will travel back up the hose into the manifold and into the intake Aprillia have the same set up and some have had the problem   Focus01 Posted on Saturday, October 04, 2008 - 02:24 am:        I had lots of noise that sounded like valve train noise but it ended up being one of the plugs were fouled. The automatic plug cleaner fixed that right up. lol   Fat_kid_racing Posted on Saturday, October 04, 2008 - 03:28 pm:        I would just check the clearence on the valves it only takes about an hour to do one cyl   Kttemplar Posted on Sunday, October 05, 2008 - 04:07 pm:        I only burned oil during break-in. After that, it has hardly burned any at all. I check my oil all the time and I have had about the same amount since the last oil change.   Fresnobuell Posted on Sunday, October 05, 2008 - 07:03 pm:        I only burned oil during break-in. I couldn't tell you if mine did...it came overfilled by over a quart (conservatively) from the factory/dealer.   Jmr1283 Posted on Sunday, October 05, 2008 - 07:26 pm:        a way to tell if ur burning oil is ur exhaust smoke color. blue is oil burning. also try a compression test. could be ur head gasket, among other things(rings). im pretty sure this is the easiest of the tests. also like fat kid racing said.. but ull have to be really fast at what u do to check it in 1 hour. bleeding the clutch and stuff takes me 20 minutes alone. theres other things too that could be wrong. josh

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