Engine trouble... awaiting diagnosis

[Guth_imp]

Thanks for the update jodyz. Keep us posted on further developments.

[furious_blue_imp]

Sorry to hear about your problems with a brand new bike. It must suck big time. If it is a broken cam chain tensioner then the bright side is that it didn't cause any real damage, just a lot of noise.

[jodyz_imp]

Sorry to hear about your problems with a brand new bike. It must suck big time. If it is a broken cam chain tensioner then the bright side is that it didn't cause any real damage, just a lot of noise.

If it does turn out to be the cam chain tensioner, then Deanohh was the first to diagnose it after my initial post.

Fingers crossed that I'm riding again by next weekend.

[the Ferret]

Have fingers crossed for you too brother. What a bummer.

[jodyz_imp]

Part must have arrived as my bike is inside the shop with the cam chain tensioner off. Awaiting the return of lead mechanic to finish up the bike. I might have it tomorrow, or Friday if all goes well and the rattle is gone.

[Guth_imp]

My fingers are crossed here in Oregon as well.

[FUZZY_imp]

I'm bettin' that'll do it. Good luck!

[jodyz_imp]

Good news, and bad news. The good news is I have my bike back. The bad news is that the noise is still present. Like some folks believed from the get-go, it appears to be a "normal" noise for this engine. After the cam chain tensioner was swapped, the noise still persists. It just so happens that another CB1100 came in for it's first service yesterday afternoon and, after letting the bike warm up, it made the same sounds mine makes. Service mgr then pulled the new CB1100 off the floor, let it warm up, and it made the same noises.

In summary, my concern was unfounded and the service dept learned something about modern, air-cooled motors. What I don't understand is when they first contacted Honda, it wasn't identified as being normal. But now that I've heard the same rattling noise coming from three bikes all at the same time, I feel more at ease with getting back to "riding like I stole it".

I hope my experience can help others avoid what I've gone through. Now it's time to ride!

[Michael252_imp]

Good news, and bad news. The good news is I have my bike back. The bad news is that the noise is still present. Like some folks believed from the get-go, it appears to be a "normal" noise for this engine. After the cam chain tensioner was swapped, the noise still persists. It just so happens that another CB1100 came in for it's first service yesterday afternoon and, after letting the bike warm up, it made the same sounds mine makes. Service mgr then pulled the new CB1100 off the floor, let it warm up, and it made the same noises.

In summary, my concern was unfounded and the service dept learned something about modern, air-cooled motors. What I don't understand is when they first contacted Honda, it wasn't identified as being normal. But now that I've heard the same rattling noise coming from three bikes all at the same time, I feel more at ease with getting back to "riding like I stole it".

I hope my experience can help others avoid what I've gone through. Now it's time to ride!

You don't happen to be in Rockwall, do you?

[Andor_imp]

Good news, and bad news. The good news is I have my bike back. The bad news is that the noise is still present. Like some folks believed from the get-go, it appears to be a "normal" noise for this engine. After the cam chain tensioner was swapped, the noise still persists. It just so happens that another CB1100 came in for it's first service yesterday afternoon and, after letting the bike warm up, it made the same sounds mine makes. Service mgr then pulled the new CB1100 off the floor, let it warm up, and it made the same noises.

In summary, my concern was unfounded and the service dept learned something about modern, air-cooled motors. What I don't understand is when they first contacted Honda, it wasn't identified as being normal. But now that I've heard the same rattling noise coming from three bikes all at the same time, I feel more at ease with getting back to "riding like I stole it".

I hope my experience can help others avoid what I've gone through. Now it's time to ride!

I'm happy for you, however the oil 10w30 honda sh puts this engine is too thin on my bike will put the 15w40 or 10W50 which is more dense and helps to reduce the interior noise of the engine.