centurion94
Active member
Good morning all. Although I will continue to spit up on myself regarding my neglect of a 1982 GL1100I, the beginning of the story is over under new members. opcorn:
To continue, this morning I topped off the radiator overflow - once it had cooled down, it sucked coolant down into the radiator, so the system is again sealed. Hit the starter, gave abt an eighth-throttle and it started with no hesitation - the new air cut-off valves did the trick. Now the fun part - the crossover tube leaving carb #2 is again leaking, but not spitting fuel like yesterday (before it dried up completely :headscratch: ) #4 is virtually dry, and that's okay because #2 is now leaking enough gas for both of them. And no white smoke from the tail pipes like yesterday morning, before it quit. But maybe it will start again :yes: .
It rained here pretty hard yesterday, but the streets are drying off. I checked the aftermarket dip-stick and it looks like I've got extra oil in the crank case. I got sold on Spectro oil while hanging out at my sister's shop, "Top Gear Powersports" in Roselle, IL, but I think I should take it out, leak and all, and run it up I-80 a ways to heat it up, and then dump the oil and just replace it with Valvoline 10-40 for the rest of this fall and winter. At least if the leak continues, it's blowin' in the wind and not drippin' on the pipes.
More as it develops... this is starting to look a little like revenge. But motorcycles aren't capable of that, are they? (cue theme from "The Twilight Zone)
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To continue, this morning I topped off the radiator overflow - once it had cooled down, it sucked coolant down into the radiator, so the system is again sealed. Hit the starter, gave abt an eighth-throttle and it started with no hesitation - the new air cut-off valves did the trick. Now the fun part - the crossover tube leaving carb #2 is again leaking, but not spitting fuel like yesterday (before it dried up completely :headscratch: ) #4 is virtually dry, and that's okay because #2 is now leaking enough gas for both of them. And no white smoke from the tail pipes like yesterday morning, before it quit. But maybe it will start again :yes: .
It rained here pretty hard yesterday, but the streets are drying off. I checked the aftermarket dip-stick and it looks like I've got extra oil in the crank case. I got sold on Spectro oil while hanging out at my sister's shop, "Top Gear Powersports" in Roselle, IL, but I think I should take it out, leak and all, and run it up I-80 a ways to heat it up, and then dump the oil and just replace it with Valvoline 10-40 for the rest of this fall and winter. At least if the leak continues, it's blowin' in the wind and not drippin' on the pipes.
More as it develops... this is starting to look a little like revenge. But motorcycles aren't capable of that, are they? (cue theme from "The Twilight Zone)
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