Post by ScooterRider on Oct 20, 2010 7:03:47 GMT -6
I should know something went wrong when, my 250B stalled at the height of morning traffic in the middle of the 4 lane bridge! Frantically pushed my scoot to the 3 feet wide "shoulder" dodging some and thankful to the other motorists, allowing me safely cross 2 lanes.
In the darkness not realizing what was the situation, I restarted my scoot and continued my commute to work 22 miles at the freeway speeds(65-75 mph).
When I got to work, I noticed the hose on my oil collector was OFF! The place where normally the oil plug would be present, there was an open port staring at me.
Consequently, I have lost ALL of the motor oil on the way to work.
I know this, because it took a whole 1 quart to refill it.
Thanks to the synthetic oil(in my humble opinion) there is no noticeable damage done. I did notice slight tapping noise.The engine temperature has never risen above the normal. I did take it for a test run and did not notice any performance deterioration.
A note here: I think my scoot stalled because the pressure in the crankcase dropped suddenly when that hose popped.
Any thoughts on this?
In the darkness not realizing what was the situation, I restarted my scoot and continued my commute to work 22 miles at the freeway speeds(65-75 mph).
When I got to work, I noticed the hose on my oil collector was OFF! The place where normally the oil plug would be present, there was an open port staring at me.
Consequently, I have lost ALL of the motor oil on the way to work.
I know this, because it took a whole 1 quart to refill it.
Thanks to the synthetic oil(in my humble opinion) there is no noticeable damage done. I did notice slight tapping noise.The engine temperature has never risen above the normal. I did take it for a test run and did not notice any performance deterioration.
A note here: I think my scoot stalled because the pressure in the crankcase dropped suddenly when that hose popped.
Any thoughts on this?
I'm sure you had that one too.
