1 What's that copper doing in my old engine oil? Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:06 pm
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A person rode his K into the workshop with a story of leaving the engine oil fill plug off after changing his oil and riding the bike ten miles before discovering the missing plug. There wasn't a sign of oil anywhere on the bike. He said he added 3.5 quarts until he could see oil in the sight glass, and insisted we tear it down and see what might have happened. There was the ever-so-slight sound of rod knock at just above idle.
He can have his story. The right hand side engine cover was removed after draining the new oil. This is the result of riding with no oil in your engine.
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1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '93 K1100RS, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, 2 x '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT