SteveF
Titanium
- Joined
- Jul 4, 2004
- Location
- central NC
Here's a motorcycle issue for the group. A friend took her bike to have the basic maintenance done. Remember the thread about doing work ourselves? Well, the POS mechanic couldn't be bothered to make sure he put the 3 quarts of oil in before finishing the job. So my friend who is not mechanically inclined, a very new rider and didn't have any idea of how to check oil level blissfully rode about 30 miles before the engine started knocking. She stopped and got one of our group to trailer the bike home and then I trailered it to mechanic shop #2. After 3 weeks of having the bike they started the engine, heard it knocking and pronounced it damaged and needing to be replaced. I mentioned that she said the Oil Pressure light never came on and the mechanic said "motorcyle oil pressure sensors aren't like the ones in cars so that can happen". Which sounds like complete BS to me. Also her belief that the oil pressure light wasn't on. I trailer it to my place, replace the filter and put the 3 frickin' quarts in. No particles in the oil that I could see. Knocked quite a bit until the pressure built up but then ran fine. I drove it a mile or so and just makes a little noise. There are very small metal particles in the oil filter.
2005 Suzuki Boulevard, 800cc engine.
Obviously the best option is to sell the bike for whatever $ and buy another for $2500 but this is for a teacher with minimal spare money. Is it likely the the only damage is to rod bearing shells and maybe rings? Replacement engines are around $800 on eBay.
So, anyone been in this situation before?
Thanks
Steve
PS - And this is why I try to do as much of my own work as possible.
2005 Suzuki Boulevard, 800cc engine.
Obviously the best option is to sell the bike for whatever $ and buy another for $2500 but this is for a teacher with minimal spare money. Is it likely the the only damage is to rod bearing shells and maybe rings? Replacement engines are around $800 on eBay.
So, anyone been in this situation before?
Thanks
Steve
PS - And this is why I try to do as much of my own work as possible.