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Too much oil in my pan but the guage says it s empty

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by jonnymaritime, May 21, 2008.

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    jonnymaritime Member

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    HI I changed the oil and filter . I Put in 2.65 L of 20w 50 , yet my guage on the side says its empty or near empty . So I added another .5 L. Started my bike , it ran for a few seconds then died out , I assume it compression gets messed up when there is too much oil, so I removed the 250 ml , and now it runs but sputters. Did I damage the engine? Could there be too much it there still ? Will this damage my engine ? thanks

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    RickCoMatic Well-Known Member

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    Did you have the Bike on the Center Work Stand?

    You get a false reading if you did the job on the side stand.
    The bike is leaning to the left and the level looks low.

    I doubt you harmed anything mechanical.
    You may have contaminated the Spark Plugs, though.

    Try changing the Sparklers for a new set of four and see how she runs!
     
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    NIce thanks for the info . This will be the 3rd set of plugs in 3 months , hooray !
     
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    I went through three sets of Plugs last week just Plug Chopping my 900.

    Although I have a collection of Plugs, now ... I put a whole set in the Tool Pouch Area and will have Plugs that I can depend on if one gets fouled by leaving that Choke open for too long or somebody you meet along the road needs a Plug or two juust to get going!
     
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