21-01-17, 10:53 PM
Quote:I'd suggest pulling the lowest hose off just to be sure that there's no gunk in there.Yeah the 2 hoses lowest at nearside going into pump.
I think that we have ruled out head gasket and too much oil -
- these failed seals ideas sound more likely to me - the bike was definitely passing oil into the exhaust and smelling like it was burning oil (smoky exhaust) though it wasnt really affecting how it was performing.
Have to say I am not really mechanically savvy enough to start stripping down inside the actual engine, really got this on the strength of the engine looking and sounding ok at the time and thinking I could fix the other issues - Ive talked to my friend and a few others that sometimes help and thinking that replacing engine even if it is a straight swap (not actually stripping the insides) would probably be beyond our abilitites. Likely to find its way on to the classifieds or get broken up and sold I think.
Russ 