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My oil has gone missing!!
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Posted by: fidgetnick

I changed my oil on my 400ex then rode for a long weekend so i decided to change it again and only drained about a cup. Where is my oil going?? Its not leaking anywhere and not showing in my exhaust. I am stumped. Please give me some suggestions.

Also is there a problem with standing the bike up on its tale for storage? i have heard people comment both ways.

Thanks

Posted by: TravEX

Only drained out a cup from which place? Crankcase or oil tank?

Posted by: Floorit

This is the beginning of a scary thread.

I'm hoping that all you drained the oil from was the oil tank.

Posted by: fidgetnick

Sadly the resevoir and the case combined to about a cup! I just dont know where it has gone, becase there is no trace anywhere. HELP!!

Posted by: 400eXr1d3rZ

Maybe you were burning oil really bad.

Posted by: ohsobad_chevy

Was the quad every smoking badly, is there any oil in the crankcase breather bulb?

Posted by: fidgetnick

No smoke at all. I would imagine to see black smoke if i were burning it, bu there has been nothing. Everything has ran great. I dont know about the crankcase breather bulb though? You can see where my confusion has come from. Where could it have gone/be?

Posted by: ohsobad_chevy

quote:
Originally posted by fidgetnick
No smoke at all. I would imagine to see black smoke if i were burning it, bu there has been nothing. Everything has ran great. I dont know about the crankcase breather bulb though? You can see where my confusion has come from. Where could it have gone/be?

Posted by: organiz3d_chaos

quote:
Originally posted by fidgetnick
No smoke at all. I would imagine to see black smoke if i were burning it, bu there has been nothing. Everything has ran great. I dont know about the crankcase breather bulb though? You can see where my confusion has come from. Where could it have gone/be?

Doesn't really matter, but blue smoke=oil... black=fuel...

Posted by: WheelieMan4

quote:
Originally posted by organiz3d_chaos
Doesn't really matter, but blue smoke=oil... black=fuel...

whats white smoke mean??

Posted by: exboomer

White smoke is usally burning coolant, won't happen on a 400ex.
Either enough oil wasn't put in, or there is an external leak, or your burning oil. My guess, your burning oil. No blue smoke?

Posted by: organiz3d_chaos

quote:
Originally posted by WheelieMan4
whats white smoke mean??

Yea, its coolant, which its really steam....I think that is all the colors are covered now

Posted by: ohsobad_chevy

quote:
Originally posted by organiz3d_chaos
Yea, its coolant, which its really steam....I think that is all the colors are covered now

Not to mention...smells like ARSE!!!!