Smelly Oil

[Storm Trooper]

Just back from the NW200. Good trip. Good Racing, Good Craic, Brilliant Guinness.

Been keeping an eye on my oil as before I went I flooded the bike the weekend before we left and I could smell petrol in the oil. I decided to change the oil and filter, even though the last oil and filter had only been in for a couple of hundred miles. Any how on checking in Ireland I still thought that the oil smelled of Petrol. Got my mates to check and they say it smelled normal and is pretty much the same as the smell of oil in their bikes which I did check.

Dunno if it is in my Head, as I checked last night and I think it still smells. The bike is running brilliant. Very little coughing through the carbs since I changed the Tensioners and serviced it over the winter too.

Did check back through the full detailed service history which I got with the bike when I bought it and the and the Piston Rings were replaced at 15,000 miles as well as a full service. Bike is sitting at 29,000 miles now, and it has had regular oil and filter changes either once a year or every 3,000 miles. They shouldn’t go after that length of time?

Bike is not smoking at all, running great, if anything the oil level has dropped ever so slightly after the run to Ireland. (600 miles os swift riding)

Bike has free flow race cans, Dyno jet stage 1, and standard air filter.

Any ideas? or am I just being paranoid at the moment. Last thing I really want to do is strip down to check valve ports or piston rings.

Compression test I suppose would be the 1st thing.

[benny hedges]

tbh i wouldnt strip a engine unless i was either bored shitless with too much time & money and nothing to shag, or if it was belching black smoke out the back and rattling like a robot having a fiddler.
29k is crouton all really if the bike has been looked after - not like the storm's engine is super stressed is it?

honda make pretty damn good engines anyway so i think you can expect double the mileage before you need think of a rebuild, unless something catastrophic happens.......

[benny hedges]

that's a thought...... do robots fiddler?
i would if i was a robot. i'd fkin magnetise meself. in fact i'd reprogram myself to be a lesbian.
wonder if you get gay robots?

i'm annoyed atm cos i just went maccys drive thru and they haven't put my big mac in the bag

btw if you think your oil smells you should smell proper oil like what comes from underground - dirty stinking sh1t that is, sticky as fook, absolutely reeks of rotting dinosaurs.
i got some on my trainers ages ago on the isle of wight when that tanker thing broke in half.
they weren't as nice as seb's trainers tho so me mam threw them away before i stained the carpet.

[tony.mon]

that's a thought...... do robots fiddler?

Yup, just like the rust of us.

And they can get their governor balls to go round.

[simo]

Could a carb be flooding? Is your MPG somewhere near normal?

[Storm Trooper]

Think I might be a bit paranoid, I have to stop sniffing it , or I will probably get more paranoid by the minute.

Checked everything over tonight and oil level and condition seems fine. (Still the smell, but smells the same as my mates zx9r oil, so PARANOID! )

Now that the starter motor has been stripped and cleaned it seems to spin alot quicker and easier too.

Just the rear shock bearings to check now and she is pretty much completely overhauled.