BlouVark
Race Dog
Anybody with a 1150GS will tell you about the sometimes inaccurate oil level "screen" but this is getting crazy now.
Saturday morning on my way for a ride, I first did my usual check of the bike & since the bike was parked overnight on the centre stand, the reading should be accurate. NO oil was visible in the oil level guage? I check it once a week & no way in hell could there be no oil. :shock:
I started her up on the centre stand & left idling for about 5 minutes & left again for 15 for another reading. Still NOTHING. Took a short 5 km ride to get some ciggies & parked her straight onto the centre stand. Now it showed about 1/4 full which is still not right. I decided to add about 500ml (5l bottle) & take a can with & check again at my first smoke stop.
Getting of the bike at my first stop I had a left boot that had been sprayed by oil & then covered in dust :twisted: & the guage still showing only 1/4 full. (oil came from filler cap)
I know it is equally bad to have either too much or too little oil in the engine, but is there some trick to the guage I'm not getting?
Saturday morning on my way for a ride, I first did my usual check of the bike & since the bike was parked overnight on the centre stand, the reading should be accurate. NO oil was visible in the oil level guage? I check it once a week & no way in hell could there be no oil. :shock:
I started her up on the centre stand & left idling for about 5 minutes & left again for 15 for another reading. Still NOTHING. Took a short 5 km ride to get some ciggies & parked her straight onto the centre stand. Now it showed about 1/4 full which is still not right. I decided to add about 500ml (5l bottle) & take a can with & check again at my first smoke stop.
Getting of the bike at my first stop I had a left boot that had been sprayed by oil & then covered in dust :twisted: & the guage still showing only 1/4 full. (oil came from filler cap)
I know it is equally bad to have either too much or too little oil in the engine, but is there some trick to the guage I'm not getting?
