So here's the story.....
Recently bought a Yamaha TTR230 for the wife and kids. It is a 2007, that appeared lightly used, as it still had the OEM tires, chain and sprockets. It was hard to start, but I chalked that up to bad gas in the tank and maybe a poorly tuned carb. (I was right about both.)
Now to the issue..... When I got it home, I found that the sump had less than a quart of oil in it (It only holds 1.1 quarts), but it was way too low. I decided to just top it off and run it for a couple weeks. The bike ran great. Then two weeks later, I dumped the oil, installed a new filter and poured in the highest quality, detergent rich synthetic I could purchase.
Houston....we have a problem..... After the first ride, the bike started blowing smoke on start-up like a coal burning locomotive. I panicked and dumped the high-dollar oil and poured in a dino HDEO, 15w40. Over the past few rides the smoke out of the pipe has decreased to nearly nothing.
What are everyone's theories here?
Recently bought a Yamaha TTR230 for the wife and kids. It is a 2007, that appeared lightly used, as it still had the OEM tires, chain and sprockets. It was hard to start, but I chalked that up to bad gas in the tank and maybe a poorly tuned carb. (I was right about both.)
Now to the issue..... When I got it home, I found that the sump had less than a quart of oil in it (It only holds 1.1 quarts), but it was way too low. I decided to just top it off and run it for a couple weeks. The bike ran great. Then two weeks later, I dumped the oil, installed a new filter and poured in the highest quality, detergent rich synthetic I could purchase.
Houston....we have a problem..... After the first ride, the bike started blowing smoke on start-up like a coal burning locomotive. I panicked and dumped the high-dollar oil and poured in a dino HDEO, 15w40. Over the past few rides the smoke out of the pipe has decreased to nearly nothing.
What are everyone's theories here?