kaalsb
Member
I just brought home a 2012 S10 with 10,000 miles on it. I bought it from the second owner, who had the bike for about 4500 miles. The guy i bought it from said he did an oil change on it himself, and that was the extent of the maintenence he did in the short time he had it. I Just got the bike home yesterday and began to notice a random tick at various engine speeds (only below 5k, but happens when starting from a stop, or randomly at different cruising rpms 2.8-4.5K) I can't tell if it is the valves/ CCT/ or perhaps even the clutch basket, It is a fairly loud click/ clack/ tick that stands out from the rest of the bikes mechanical noise, it doesn't sound quite as loud as the CCT warm up click, but it is very similar.
I just now drained the oil and measured at least 5 quarts of oil, maybe more. I refilled with exactly 3.6 quarts of T6, a napa Gold filter and started it back up. The click/clack/tick is still there when revving the warm engine. I haven't taken it out on a ride after the oil change.
Wondering if the previous owner caused some damage by overfilling the engine oil. After warming it up and shutting it off the oil sits right at the full mark and after about 5 minutes will slowly disappear out of the sight window, i can see why the previous owner may have have thought he didn't put enough in and just kept adding oil.
what do you guys think?
I just now drained the oil and measured at least 5 quarts of oil, maybe more. I refilled with exactly 3.6 quarts of T6, a napa Gold filter and started it back up. The click/clack/tick is still there when revving the warm engine. I haven't taken it out on a ride after the oil change.
Wondering if the previous owner caused some damage by overfilling the engine oil. After warming it up and shutting it off the oil sits right at the full mark and after about 5 minutes will slowly disappear out of the sight window, i can see why the previous owner may have have thought he didn't put enough in and just kept adding oil.
what do you guys think?