Post by mxmatt on Feb 21, 2014 11:52:52 GMT -6
Dammit if I didn't already know this.
So I was just checking the oil level on my scoot. The first reading was half way down the grid on the dip stick. Yes, I measured it without screwing it in.
I added enough oil to bring it up to the top of the grid. Here is where I would normally wipe the stick clean and reinstall with a firm but not overtightened last twist. But for grins and giggles I started it up and let it idle for a minute and rechecked the oil level. Wouldn't you know it? I'm back to half way down the stick again. (rinse, lather, repeat) I did this two more times and ended up adding 8oz of additional oil all said and done.
Here is the pisser. I never did this with my scoot before I blew my rod bearing. I always changed the oil and used quality oil, but apparently I was always starting about 8oz short. I'm assuming that these little motors burn a bit of oil. My rod bearing blew close to when I was going to change the oil next. It had been about 400 miles. If I was running it hard and started with less oil than I should have, then I think I figured out why I blew that rod bearing.
Ahhhhh! Live and learn. Happy Scooting.
So I was just checking the oil level on my scoot. The first reading was half way down the grid on the dip stick. Yes, I measured it without screwing it in.
I added enough oil to bring it up to the top of the grid. Here is where I would normally wipe the stick clean and reinstall with a firm but not overtightened last twist. But for grins and giggles I started it up and let it idle for a minute and rechecked the oil level. Wouldn't you know it? I'm back to half way down the stick again. (rinse, lather, repeat) I did this two more times and ended up adding 8oz of additional oil all said and done. Here is the pisser. I never did this with my scoot before I blew my rod bearing. I always changed the oil and used quality oil, but apparently I was always starting about 8oz short. I'm assuming that these little motors burn a bit of oil. My rod bearing blew close to when I was going to change the oil next. It had been about 400 miles. If I was running it hard and started with less oil than I should have, then I think I figured out why I blew that rod bearing.
Ahhhhh! Live and learn.
Happy Scooting.
? And again at 2033mi. 
Kidding, that's the correct way.....not screwing it in......the dipstick. There's a joke here somewhere but I'm too tired to find it. Do you all know about the drain on the left side of the engine? 17mm plug, pull it as well as the screen drain. Then .9 L 10W/40 or 10W/30 dino oil back in on the above styled 150 bike. Run it for a ride, put it on the center stand and check it the NEXT DAY. You didn't trash your rod with a slightly low oil level. The oil pick up is really low so it's getting oil supply. Really low oil has the effect of asking fewer oil molecules to do more work. It is still getting lubricant so I don't think you trashed your engine. It was just it's time. 
..BAD TO THE BONE..
What? You want more? OK OK....I've thought a lot about this...mainly because the voices in my head compel me. The dipstick is at an angle. That translates into a lot of movement up and down the stick with a minor amount of vertical movement of oil. Attend plebes!:
But everybody else is fine. "I keed...I keeed." 25 Doc Bucks to whoever IDs the previous quote. Yes, the GY6 runs hot, so the tolerances are kinda loose...ergo...it uses a little oil...keep it checked. But if you check it one day and it's down on the stick, don't freak, it's really not that low. OK...c'mon...let me hear it...I'm wrong. Remember...I'm the guy that took a 150 completely apart and traced the oil path. We even explored blocking off the oil pathway on the front of the engine to use a cooler. I know from whence I speak. OK...off to the scrabble game. I'm coming JR...I'm coming! 