K1100LT oil level climbing. Is it?

[matjas]

Hi All


Been lurking in this forum for quite some time and so far this has been a source of invaluable information before buying the bike. My first post so far  :yes
So she is standing in the garage finally - 1993 K1100LT 66000kms on the odo. Swiss import in absolutely clean condition. Unfortunately been standing most of her life and for the past year non stop - more on this later.


I do have quite a lot of wrenching experience having owned a good couple of oldies and now couple more of bikes... but one thing puzzled me A LOT!
I recently replaced tranny, FD and engine oils and upon leaving the level in the engine was just a smudge over the middle dot. I did the filter so did not undo the drain plug at all. To my amazement I managed to put in just 3,2l of oil... Besides... When I came in the next day the bike was 3/4 full.
Soooooo.... Undid the three six mm bolts and drained it to the middle dot. I DID NOT RUN THE BIKE SINCE THEN. Today morning the level went up by another 2-3mm. Quite a noticeable climb!


 :dunno2: sooo? Any guesses? Anyone? It is virtually impossible for the oil to go back to the pan soooo long after the ride. Two days ago! Come on! Is it?


Also the retirement period for the mighty K did more harm than good. Left leg started to develop a slight mist of oil and... She is weeping engine oil both front and back hole :( and I THINK I can feel a trace of clutch slip in fifth when I pin the throttle but I might as well be paranoid a bit and being unable to properly interpret the brick sounds - so as long as there is no significant  slippage I will run it as is... It still is no more than 1000kms this season and we re done for winter when I plan to do the major stuff ie splines and deal with the leakages.


All in all wonderful bike and really easy handling and nimble for the weight. Initial consumption 5l/100km. Me happy :)
Any suggestions as far as the oil are welcome. Off course bike is cold and on the center stand.


Best regards from Poland
Matjas

[The Mighty Gryphon]

I have seen the oil levels vary on my bikes as well.  I suspect it has something to do with oil being trapped someplace in the engine.  For some reason it seems to vary more after an oil change and then settle down to a constant level. 

One thing I have seen is that I need to wait at least 2-3 minutes after shutting down to check the level and maybe 5 minutes after adding to get a good reading of the level.

As long as the level is within the window I don't worry about it.

[Chaos]

As long as the level is within the window I don't worry about it.

+1

And it's not milky or frothy

[Laitch]

As long as the level is within the window I don't worry about it.

:2thumbup:

[matjas]

Yup... Coolant stays as is but point taken ;)


After two days in the cave the level seems to have stabilized. Dropped to the middle point and run it for a while. Turned off and guess what-3 minutes later still the window is empty.


Never experienced anything like that. So it really drips from somewhere loooong time

[johnny]

greetings...

you can run them short on the glass... butts not tall on the glass...

you need to stop freaking and commence motobricking...

j o

[matjas]

Motobrickin aye sir!

[matjas]

To wrap it all up it is fair to say that it takes 2 full days for ALL oil to drip down to the sump in K1100LT engine.  :mbird


IF oil level is too low after just one day on the center stand and you top it up and keep doing this obsesively enough for a couple of times you'll end up with the oil window FULL of oil /after a 2-3 days standing/ which our bikes apparently do not like.
As pampered as my brick had been it still came to me absolutely full of oil - the window was completely flooded so this must have been the case with my bike's PO.


best regards
matjas

[Laitch]

you can run them short on the glass... butts not tall on the glass...
you need to stop freaking and commence motobricking...

To wrap it all up it is fair to say that it takes 2 full days for ALL oil to drip down to the sump in K1100LT engine.  :mbird

You're still freaking, matjas.    :giggles

[matjas]

Middle of the week and no time to ride :/ what to do ;)

[Laitch]

Middle of the week and no time to ride :/ what to do ;)

Check to be sure Dimension B of the clutch cable assembly is exactly 75mm ±1mm. :giggles