| #7  18-Jul-2006, 08:36 | ||||
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Ouch, Phil, I really hope not....  I think that MonstaTom and Keefy's explanation is the most likely. The smoke doesn't start immediately (as I guess it would if it was a gasket), but starts as the engine gets a bit hotter, after 30 seconds or so. The smoke is definitely puffing out of the top of the oil breather and also from the area around the breather that has got a fine misting of oil around it. The smell is definitely hot oil rather than that watery blown gasket smell and it stops once all the oil mist has burned off. So I'm reckoning (hoping) for a split hose and a tiny drop or two of oil pooling in and around the breather. It's not affecting the oil level at all, the total amount of oil we're talking about is probably just the tip of a teaspoon - but enough to cause a minute or so's smoking. I haven't touched the oil (apart from checking the level) since I got the bike 3000 miles ago and if anything the bike is probably very slightly overfilled - so that could be contributing a little as well. I'll have a bit more time to look at it in the next couple of days. The Patent Jools Mood Meter -Today I am:          ___________^  |
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