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stevied58 · Full Member Joined: May 24, 2007 Posts: 68

k ,so my buddy is helping me to get the bike running ,i kick the motor over ,it sounds great,i reach back to feel the exhaust the right side is hot ,the left is cold ,i look up... the rag he has hanging off his belt is in the carb.i pull it out quickly,the exhaust gets hot...i walk to the front of the bike i now have some oil dripping out from the exhaust.i shut it down..should i be worried?id say no more than 10 seconds went by from kick to finding rag

xs1961 · Posted: July 2, 2007, 12:13 pm Post subject: Re: oh shiiiiiiiiit

Thats probably unburnt fuel mixed with soot from the manifold/header..it wouldnt have ignited cos the rag interfered with the fuel/air mixture - fuel needs to mix with air to burn..
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INXS650 · 650Rider Supporter Joined: Mar 22, 2007 Posts: 645

Hopefully it is the unburnt fuel like xs1961 said. Does it feel oily? If it is indeed oil, you have some major problems on your hands.

Jake68 · 650Rider Supporter Joined: Mar 23, 2007 Posts: 841

It should be pretty easy to determine if it was oil or not.

Oil is thick.

Fuel is thin.

Thin and black is fuel.

Thick and black is oil the smell and feel are totally different.

Although its pretty difficult to work out a mecanical scenario whereby you would get oil from the exhaust.

You got all the rag and your bike is running OK you got no problems.

Xumi · Posted: July 2, 2007, 7:51 pm Post subject: Re: oh shiiiiiiiiit

Agreed - if the bike runs ok, it's EXTREMELY unlikely that you'd see oil coming out of the exhaust.

stevied58 · Full Member Joined: May 24, 2007 Posts: 68

ok.... thank you all for the replies...when it happened i wasnt in the mood for any bad news,so i just covered the bike and called it a day ..so tomorrow ill check if it was gas or oil..on hind sight it was real thin ..so probably was gas

gs1327 · 650Rider Supporter Joined: Feb 20, 2007 Posts: 170

I had a twin do that to me once before- the unburned fuel kinda mixed with the carbon in the exhaust port and made a thick, oily mess that spattered out the exhaust. It went away and never returned after a few wide open runs.

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