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I purchased this bike with 21,000 miles on it. They are known for sticking rings especially in the center cylinder as it runs hotter than the outboard ones. It has always used more oil than it should and a compression check revealed the center cylinder was lower than the outboard cylinders. I have used the HPL cleaning product with little affect. I was going to get some Auto rx, but he now only sells a minimum of 2 qts. I had really good luck with it in my 6.9 diesel and it's highly regarded on the diesel forum I frequented. They had before and after compression readings which showed the increase in compression which proves it cleans the rings, but I don't need 2 qts. and he didn't even reply to my email. Project Farm had a Ford tractor that required ether to start when cold and compression was lower than it should have been. He used some Engine Restorer on it and compression readings were up and he didn't have to use ether on it any more to start it. He did a 1 yr. follow up with no change in compression or performance. I got a can of it and then found out they don't recommend it be used in wet clutches so there went that fix.
I came across a couple of videos of a guy using B-12 Chemtool on Audi 2.0 engines with very serious oil burning issues. Pours it down the plug holes and lets it sit for 8 hours and then turns the motor and gives it a second dose. Fixed both of the cars issues in miraculous fashion. I did this to the bike last fall and I can honestly say the oil smell coming from the crankcase breather is not near as noticeable or maybe even gone so blowby has been reduced. I have ridden the bike appx 100 miles and it has used 1/2 qt. of oil so oil usage hasn't really gone down.
The only difference which might affect my results are the Audi cylinders sit straight up and down and the XS cylinders are slanted towards the front so the Chemtool poured in might not be getting to the rear of the piston. I haven't checked compression again which might tell me something, but I would need to borrow the compression tester again. I adapted an XS850 oil cooler to the bike and the oil temps are much cooler now. I have a Yoshimura Multi meter so I can monitor the oil temps and high oil temps cause the stuck rings.
Trying to think of a easy way to get the cylinders straight up and down so the Chemtool can work on all parts of the rings. Should I give the Hpl a second try? I saw something to the effect that it's not proven to clean the ring area and that's the only area I need the stuff to work. I just remembered I used some of Yamahas gas additive that was supposed to clean rings, but I can't really say it did anything noticeable.
The bike now has very close to 30,000 miles on it and I thought I had this problem licked with the Chemtool, but checking the oil after the ride today I found out differently.
I came across a couple of videos of a guy using B-12 Chemtool on Audi 2.0 engines with very serious oil burning issues. Pours it down the plug holes and lets it sit for 8 hours and then turns the motor and gives it a second dose. Fixed both of the cars issues in miraculous fashion. I did this to the bike last fall and I can honestly say the oil smell coming from the crankcase breather is not near as noticeable or maybe even gone so blowby has been reduced. I have ridden the bike appx 100 miles and it has used 1/2 qt. of oil so oil usage hasn't really gone down.
The only difference which might affect my results are the Audi cylinders sit straight up and down and the XS cylinders are slanted towards the front so the Chemtool poured in might not be getting to the rear of the piston. I haven't checked compression again which might tell me something, but I would need to borrow the compression tester again. I adapted an XS850 oil cooler to the bike and the oil temps are much cooler now. I have a Yoshimura Multi meter so I can monitor the oil temps and high oil temps cause the stuck rings.
Trying to think of a easy way to get the cylinders straight up and down so the Chemtool can work on all parts of the rings. Should I give the Hpl a second try? I saw something to the effect that it's not proven to clean the ring area and that's the only area I need the stuff to work. I just remembered I used some of Yamahas gas additive that was supposed to clean rings, but I can't really say it did anything noticeable.
The bike now has very close to 30,000 miles on it and I thought I had this problem licked with the Chemtool, but checking the oil after the ride today I found out differently.
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