joesteggs
Member
Hey all,
My "new" 86 vmax is acting strange.... i was going through oil like a mother, and I kept filling it up, but i would park it on dry cement and didn't see any puddles. Now I finally put 2 quarts in at the same time (my looking glass is worthless for clarity), and i had enough in that I could stick my finger in and there was oil about half an inch down. I took it for a ride last night, and on hard acceleration, I blew out massive clouds of smoke (new). My wife was following me and had to slow down to get out of it, however, when not revving around 6-9 grand, no smoke. Also, when I revved it really hard, it was like I had a big loss of horsepower at around 80mph. I left it parked while we were doing some shopping, looked at the bike and a big pool of oil under it. Rode it home, and I have had a lot of issues with the bike, and today it was running great, (no missing, popping, or surging) I revved it up to pass her on the highway and huge clouds again, then she just shut off... couldn't start again either, It would turn over once and stop. So, she is just sitting on the side of the highway right now, gonna go try to figure something out... any suggestions?
My "new" 86 vmax is acting strange.... i was going through oil like a mother, and I kept filling it up, but i would park it on dry cement and didn't see any puddles. Now I finally put 2 quarts in at the same time (my looking glass is worthless for clarity), and i had enough in that I could stick my finger in and there was oil about half an inch down. I took it for a ride last night, and on hard acceleration, I blew out massive clouds of smoke (new). My wife was following me and had to slow down to get out of it, however, when not revving around 6-9 grand, no smoke. Also, when I revved it really hard, it was like I had a big loss of horsepower at around 80mph. I left it parked while we were doing some shopping, looked at the bike and a big pool of oil under it. Rode it home, and I have had a lot of issues with the bike, and today it was running great, (no missing, popping, or surging) I revved it up to pass her on the highway and huge clouds again, then she just shut off... couldn't start again either, It would turn over once and stop. So, she is just sitting on the side of the highway right now, gonna go try to figure something out... any suggestions?
Would that cause it to shut off too, or is that a seperate problem most likely? I know i have a bunch of electrical issues with the bike as well. Also, I heard 10w40 oil.... Is there a difference between car oil and bike oil besides the wieght?
