11-09-2018, 07:33 PM
NEW QUESTION:
I just remembered a few decades of beatings and mistakes, but the worst (or best) was when I filled a newish lawnmower completely with oil (thus destroying it).
I recall that Cessna single engine airplanes burn oil as a matter of course, so we give them oil, lots of oil. Now I am not dumb, but questions unasked are a sure way to regret. My question is, "Does it matter that my sight glass has been full for nearly 100 miles?" Thank you.
But I can't leave it there because I also must ask whether it is appropriate for a machine shop to order (seriously, he was quite aggressive) me to adjust my oil to be about one half of what OK means. I ask because even though I'm not a mechanic, I can grasp the meaning of "AIR COOLED and OIL COOLED, which means precisely that "NOTHING ELSE WILL COOL THE ENGINE" and mind you that the intention was to redline the bike more than once. In the end: happy bike, happy person, but I still wonder what right is. I mean my BEST mechanic ever did a great deal more and he never made me mess with oil!
Thank you again.
-StreetShark
I just remembered a few decades of beatings and mistakes, but the worst (or best) was when I filled a newish lawnmower completely with oil (thus destroying it).
I recall that Cessna single engine airplanes burn oil as a matter of course, so we give them oil, lots of oil. Now I am not dumb, but questions unasked are a sure way to regret. My question is, "Does it matter that my sight glass has been full for nearly 100 miles?" Thank you.
But I can't leave it there because I also must ask whether it is appropriate for a machine shop to order (seriously, he was quite aggressive) me to adjust my oil to be about one half of what OK means. I ask because even though I'm not a mechanic, I can grasp the meaning of "AIR COOLED and OIL COOLED, which means precisely that "NOTHING ELSE WILL COOL THE ENGINE" and mind you that the intention was to redline the bike more than once. In the end: happy bike, happy person, but I still wonder what right is. I mean my BEST mechanic ever did a great deal more and he never made me mess with oil!
Thank you again.
-StreetShark