I'm stripping down my bike after my get-off last weekend and before I start cataloguing parts I need I had to get it running again. It was hydrolocked, but after I blew the oil out of the cylinder (the forward cylinder was full of oil, the aft was bone-dry) I got it running, albeit roughly. Its burning prodigious amounts of oil and after some inspeciton on my knees I discovered the forward cam cover is cracked and weeping oil. Would this cause the oil burn in the cylinder? I plan to strip off the cam cover and inspect everything in the head but I'd like some insight as well.

 

Oh, come on, nobody has any ideas? I pulled the cover off and there appeared to be no damage, and I can't imagine that the rings or valve seats were damaged.

 

Luckily I've never had any experience with this but to be honest it doesn't sound good.

 

how long did you let it run? if it was hydrolocked then when it freed it would have pushed oil down the exhaust. it could just be burning in the pipes

 

I've run it for almost ten minutes now and I'd think that would be long enough to burn whatever oil was in the pipes. I'm ordering a new cam cover so we'll se what happens when I slap it on.

 

Nah, only 10min won't be enough if you've got that much oil in there. You'll really need to ride it to generate enough heat in the pipes to burn it all off. It's also probably in the muffler packing some too. That's an old joke guys at the shop pull on people - put about a half bottle of 2-stroke oil down the pipe of someones bike. It smokes for a couple of days. Luckily they've not gotten me...yet.

Don't worry about the cracked cam cover. If nothing else is harmed it will be fine once the damaged part is replaced.

 

Alright, I'll just replace the cover and let it run for a while; riding's out of the question for a while. Thanks for the advice.