In the last
update I had found that there was white smoke coming from the right exhaust
and found that the left cylinder’s compression was 100psi and the right was
110psi after doing some looking through my Clymer manual I found that
page 48’s Table 48 listed the “Compression Specifications” for my bike. For the GS400 and 425s the standard is
130psi-184psi with the service limit being 100psi. That basically means that the motor needs a
rebuild. I am hoping that I will be able
to ride it through the season and then tear into the engine this coming winter.
Having said that, after doing some research online I found
some suggestions that said that taking the bike for a ride and running it relatively
hard might solve the issue. I figured it
couldn’t hurt so I took the bike to the gas station to fill it up and then put
about 5 miles on it running it at higher RPMs.
When I got back the smoke was gone, and it hasn’t returned
yet.
After taking the video I left the bike to sit in the
driveway on its side-stand and started to mow the lawn and when I came back to
the bike I found a bunch of gas had leaked out of the left carburetor and I
could see it still leaking out of the overflow tube. I quickly tipped the bike up and put it on the
center stand and that seemed to stop the leaking. The next morning I rode Oldbike into work and
it sat all day without leaking anything.
Definitely another thing to investigate so stay tuned for the follow-ups.
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