jharpphoto
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after a recent 18,000 mile service on my 2013 RT, I started smelling burning oil. Prior to this service I didn’t have any odor of burning oil whatsoever. I took the bike back after 500 miles to have the tech look at the bike and see if he could find any leaks or drips that I could not find. the tech suggested a further inspection, removing the panels and looking in the airbox. Upon further examination, the tech found oil in the airbox and excessive carbon buildup which he says, is causing a piston ring failure, which is allowing oil to enter the airbox thereby causing the burning oil odor. I’m a little confused at this development and carbon buildup. The tech suggest that this could be caused by using bad gas, which is unusual, because I’ve only put supreme 93 octane gas in the vehicle. He’s doing a cleaning ,removing some carbon, hoping that allows the pistons rings to seal properly . The tech also said if this doesn’t work, he will have to get into the engine do pistons and a number of other very expensive repairs. My question is, does this sound like a legitimate series of issues? I did tip the bike over once after the service I’m curious if oil might have gotten into the airbox when the bike tipped over. not looking forward to spending thousands on having the piston rings done etc. any suggestions?
Update, I had the bike serviced and and this is his report. Does this look kosher?
"inspected motorcycle, no leaks detected. oil level is low. Service performed 1500 miles ago. Removed body panel and air filter, air filter is dirty. Inspected airbox, found oil sitting in bottom of airbox. Ran motor and monitored inside of airbox. Heavy oil mist inside of airbox. Removed breather and left throttle body. Found large amount of carbon build up on back side of valves. Deem excessive carbon buildup not allowing piston rings to seal, causing oil to be constantly pushed into airbox due to excessive crank case pressure. Recommend performing fuel induction cleaning, add treatment to tank, replace air filter and clean airbox. Have customer ride another 1000 miles to aid in cleaning remaining carbon. Have customer return to inspect oil consumption.
Recommend run highway speed at high RPM for 1 full tank. Return for inspection after 1000 miles."
Update, I had the bike serviced and and this is his report. Does this look kosher?
"inspected motorcycle, no leaks detected. oil level is low. Service performed 1500 miles ago. Removed body panel and air filter, air filter is dirty. Inspected airbox, found oil sitting in bottom of airbox. Ran motor and monitored inside of airbox. Heavy oil mist inside of airbox. Removed breather and left throttle body. Found large amount of carbon build up on back side of valves. Deem excessive carbon buildup not allowing piston rings to seal, causing oil to be constantly pushed into airbox due to excessive crank case pressure. Recommend performing fuel induction cleaning, add treatment to tank, replace air filter and clean airbox. Have customer ride another 1000 miles to aid in cleaning remaining carbon. Have customer return to inspect oil consumption.
Recommend run highway speed at high RPM for 1 full tank. Return for inspection after 1000 miles."