#1: Smoke out the exhaust pipes
(SOLVED) Author: Len, Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010
4:31 pm
Hi, just a quick background,
the Virago range was never sold new in South Africa, recently a number of
them have been imported by private companies and sold as what is locally
known as 'grey imports' the bike dealership will not touch them and as
such we have a shortage of spares and knowledge about the Virago's. I was
quite excited when, after a lot of searching, I found this forum.
To the problem, the engine oil level was way to high as the sight
glass was dirty and the level was not visible. The bike was ridden about
10km's and then started smoking out of both exhausts, the wife pulled over
and we towed the bike home on a trailer. The oil was drained and the cover
with the sight glass removed and cleaned, now the glass is clear and the
oil level can be seen. I refilled the engine oil to the correct level,
cleaned the spark plugs, cleaned the oil out of all the air rubber boots
and replaced everything as it was. The bike seems to be running fine.
My question is this, could something else more serious have been
damaged? The bike seems to be alright but I would hate for my wife to be
out somewhere and the engine siezes or something like that, she is still a
new rider (just over a year) and getting more confident, so I'd hate to
set her back. |