headlight issue

[Chris Norloff]

The shippers pick up the KLR this week for my Mexico trip so I'm changing the oil, adjusting the valves. I drained the oil, replaced the oil filter. I put in almost 3 qts of oil -- and there's NO oil showing in the sight glass. Even when I lean the bike to the right, no oil shows in the sight glass view window. Then I remove the plastic plug from the left end of the crankcase, to see the left end of the crankshaft, and it's full of oil. Oil just floods right out. Anybody know why the oil isn't showing in the sight glass, and why it seems all on the left side? Do I have a serious problem here? thanks, Chris

[Jeff Saline]

On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:30:15 -0500 Chris Norloff writes:

> The shippers pick up the KLR this week for my Mexico trip so I'm > > changing the oil, adjusting the valves. I drained the oil, replaced > the > oil filter. > > I put in almost 3 qts of oil -- and there's NO oil showing in the > sight > glass. Even when I lean the bike to the right, no oil shows in the > sight > glass view window. > > Then I remove the plastic plug from the left end of the crankcase, > to > see the left end of the crankshaft, and it's full of oil. Oil just > floods right out. > > Anybody know why the oil isn't showing in the sight glass, and why > it > seems all on the left side? > > Do I have a serious problem here? > > thanks, > Chris

<><><><><><><><><> <><><><><><><><><> Chris, Have you cranked the engine yet? I would drain 1/2 quart from the 3 quart fill and then crank the engine and run it for 30-60 seconds. Then I'd let it sit for 2-3 minutes and check the level. You know the oil is in there so it shouldn't be an issue. Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT . ____________________________________________________________ Meet your storage needs. The home and garden directory. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTGhs982uqSRCNSAJg5LhZREOnnPie7SiOYK4qfBAAileWTtp0vlzc/

[Chris Norloff]

It looks like I've got a serious problem. There's coolant in the oil. After replacing the oil and coolant, and adjusting the valves, I started the bike and ran it for about 60 seconds. It sounded terrible. It was hard to start, then sounded very "lumpy" when it started. It didn't want to rev -- at 2000 rpm it just wasn't right so I shut it down. It sounded so bad I thought some timing was off. Could the cam sprockets have slipped a tooth on the chain when I adjusted the exhaust valves? When I removed the plug on the left end of the crankcase, to turn the crankshaft, out poured horrible milky-white oil. I opened the radiator and noted the coolant had drained out. Anyway - now checking the manual for ideas. Water pump seals maybe? Head gasket? Glad this happened here instead of on my Mexican trip ... Not impressed at a failure like this with only 14,000 mi. on the bike. thanks, Chris Jeff Saline wrote:

> On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:30:15 -0500 Chris Norloff > writes: >> The shippers pick up the KLR this week for my Mexico trip so I'm >> >> changing the oil, adjusting the valves. I drained the oil, replaced >> the >> oil filter. >> >> I put in almost 3 qts of oil -- and there's NO oil showing in the >> sight >> glass. Even when I lean the bike to the right, no oil shows in the >> sight >> glass view window. >> >> Then I remove the plastic plug from the left end of the crankcase, >> to >> see the left end of the crankshaft, and it's full of oil. Oil just >> floods right out. >> >> Anybody know why the oil isn't showing in the sight glass, and why >> it >> seems all on the left side? >> >> Do I have a serious problem here? >> >> thanks, >> Chris > <><><><><><><><><> > <><><><><><><><><> > > Chris, > > Have you cranked the engine yet? I would drain 1/2 quart from the 3 > quart fill and then crank the engine and run it for 30-60 seconds. Then > I'd let it sit for 2-3 minutes and check the level. > > You know the oil is in there so it shouldn't be an issue. > > Best, > > Jeff Saline > ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal > Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org > The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota > 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT > > > . > ____________________________________________________________ > Meet your storage needs. The home and garden directory. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTGhs982uqSRCNSAJg5LhZREOnnPie7SiOYK4qfBAAileWTtp0vlzc/ > > > ------------------------------------ > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650Yahoo! Groups Links > > >

[Greg May]

Hi Ron, I bought the parts from Eastern Beaver last spring to do the headlight upgrade mod but never got around to it yet, I got the description of how it works somewhere, can't remember where but it is a very simple mod. I've heard the Totally Wired kits mentioned here and by word of mouth they seem to be high quality so any problem with one should be very simple to cure. If you don't have a wiring diagram with the kit post a picture of the kit showing all the parts and I'm sure you can easily be talked through fixing it....Have a great day.....Greg

--- On Sun, 2/22/09, roncriswell@... wrote: From: roncriswell@... Subject: [DSN_KLR650] headlight issue To: "KLR Group" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Received: Sunday, February 22, 2009, 10:14 AM I have been having an headlight issue with melting plugs that I may may have solved yesterday with one of my electronic Guru's. He claimed the switch on the handlebar was defective leaving both high beam and low beam on at the same time hence melting the plug. We put an old switch he had on it but didn't have a new plug so he just soldered new connecters on the wires and put heat shrink rubber around those minus a new plug. It works but what is the purpose for a plug? Is it water will get in during rain? Do I need the plug? Also, we tried to install the Tammy Totally Wired headlight relay kit I have had for a while but couldn't get it to work (so I could run a hotter bulb). Curtis decided the kit was defective. 2 other electronic gurus had the same results trying to get it to work. All these guys make their living with electricity or electronics so I guess the kit was defective. I have heard Tammy has health problems so may have contracted the work out to someone else who may have not done it correctly. I already have her blade fuse kit, sidestand kit and fan kit which all work correctly. Curtis has a nifty after-market handlebar switch he got but can't remember who hr bought it from? Anybody know? Fred? Criswell __________________________________________________________________ Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch to New Mail today or register for free at http://mail.yahoo.ca [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]