650 resto last issue to resolve.
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 11:27 am
Ok gents, some may know I've been restoring my 650 which I bought new in 77.
It's all finished bar 1 issue which I can't quite get my head around. It seems to be burning oil from no1 cylinder judging from the amount of exhaust smoke, but it runs as sweet as and colour tunes on all 4 to a nice blue burn.
If I take the plug cap off no1 with it running the smoke stops. 2 on its own doesn't smoke at all, nor does 3 & 4.
It'll tick over steady and even at 500 rpm.
Compression is fine and should be 170 psi.
no1 is 180 psi,
no2 is 165 psi,
no3 is 165 psi,
no4 is 190psi.
Valves have been now been re seated, new valve guide oil seals, valve guides checked, bores and rings measure up fine so I don't think it needs a re bore. Good compression seems to confirm this.
After the initial restoration I did about 50 odd miles on it as a shake down. It was smoking then. At that point I striped the top end and did the valves, seals and checked the guides and bores/rings. There was no sign of head gasket leaking oil. I thought after 30 years of non use it would need a little time to re settle but the smoking from no 1 hasn't reduced.
There was oil in the header from no 1 and in 1/2 tail pipe. No 2 header was clean.
Could it be that latent oil still burning off in no 1 header and tail pipe from the now clean exhaust gases or have I missed something?
TBH its fingers crossed it is this latent oil in the exhaust but it doesn't seem to diminish at all and no2 running alone would still cause smoke if that was the case surely?
Suggestions welcome!
It's all finished bar 1 issue which I can't quite get my head around. It seems to be burning oil from no1 cylinder judging from the amount of exhaust smoke, but it runs as sweet as and colour tunes on all 4 to a nice blue burn.
If I take the plug cap off no1 with it running the smoke stops. 2 on its own doesn't smoke at all, nor does 3 & 4.
It'll tick over steady and even at 500 rpm.
Compression is fine and should be 170 psi.
no1 is 180 psi,
no2 is 165 psi,
no3 is 165 psi,
no4 is 190psi.
Valves have been now been re seated, new valve guide oil seals, valve guides checked, bores and rings measure up fine so I don't think it needs a re bore. Good compression seems to confirm this.
After the initial restoration I did about 50 odd miles on it as a shake down. It was smoking then. At that point I striped the top end and did the valves, seals and checked the guides and bores/rings. There was no sign of head gasket leaking oil. I thought after 30 years of non use it would need a little time to re settle but the smoking from no 1 hasn't reduced.
There was oil in the header from no 1 and in 1/2 tail pipe. No 2 header was clean.
Could it be that latent oil still burning off in no 1 header and tail pipe from the now clean exhaust gases or have I missed something?
TBH its fingers crossed it is this latent oil in the exhaust but it doesn't seem to diminish at all and no2 running alone would still cause smoke if that was the case surely?
Suggestions welcome!