Clattery Startup, normal?

[santrix]

My 800 sounds like a clattery f-ing tractor at startup for no more than 2 seconds with the oil light doing backflips, im guessing this is while the oil gets upto pressure... just wondering if others are the same.... 15k miles.

 

[Mort]

When mine started to do that I needed new engine cases and pistons at 16K when it started again at 26k I gave up

 

[santrix]

Thats nice to know....

 

[Aretsukusu]

Mines been doing since about 15k. Same thing as you described. Only first thing in the morn when the bike is stone cold. Any starts later in the day are fine.

Raised it a couple of times with the dealer, havent cured it, still doing it now at 24k...,

 

[santrix]

Spoke to a technician at the BSB yesterday and he explained its normal as the engine is actually a dry sump type, originally apparently the designers wanted the oil resevoir elsewhere on the bike and when there wasn't enough room, plonked it at the bottom of the engine.

The clatter is the cam chain and tensioner rattling before the oil goes through about three different elements of the engine before it gets there.

Does this sound right to anyone?

Unless he's a YTS..

 

[(RIP) Bobble]

Has it always done it, or just started doing it? if the latter then sounds like a problem

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Spoke to a technician at the BSB yesterday and he explained its normal as the engine is actually a dry sump type, originally apparently the designers wanted the oil resevoir elsewhere on the bike and when there wasn't enough room, plonked it at the bottom of the engine

The clatter is the cam chain and tensioner rattling before the oil goes through about three different elements of the engine before it gets there.

Does this sound right to anyone?

Unless he's a YTS..

Nice touch

Should help with engine longevity

Engine designer wants one thing and chassis designer says that computer........says NO

 

[Dave Ett]

A lot of engines do it now, especially those with hydraulic tappets. They do wear if there's no oil circulating of course, but my BMW 528 has over 200,000 on it and still going strong.

Have you checked the oil level?

 

[GunZenBomZ]

Joking aside, which oil do you use?? 10/40

 

[santrix]

Joking aside, which oil do you use?? 10/40

No idea... Havent had to top it up so it just has the stuff that BMW stick in it at service intervals...

 

[GunZenBomZ]

Nor me bud! Seriously I don't know what oil my bike needs..

 

[santrix]

Nor me bud! Seriously I don't know what oil my bike needs..

I said i didnt know what was in it, not what it needs..