To much oil in waht would it do mines screwed bad i think

[wild kfx]

i put to much oil in and then it was fine but the next time i (today) went riding it was ver underpower the compression is down big bad noises are coming from my engine

has no smoke coming from the exhaust or none on the plug and yes i dranined some of the oil out

so can you help me out?????????????????????

[xraven35]

Too much oil: Oil gets up past the rings on top of the piston and then goes back through the carb/intake. seen it happen on a yamaha grizzly. Drain some oil, Clean the carb and air filter and run it good, should be okay if you didnt screw it up too much.

[drzoo2]

The KFX400 is a dry sump motor. I don't think it would suffer from the same problem as the grizzley since it's not. If you over fill the oil tank I can't see how this would cause your issue. Do follow his directions and look at your carb but their two different animals.

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[xraven35]

Describe your bad engine noises.

[7 speed]

Yep!

Your bike is so trashed even the tires wont work anymore.

I wil give you $100 shipped.

[m.h.s.c.#527]

the other thing id idk if it has and oil cooler but it could make those oil lines leak

[drzoo2]

Originally posted by m.h.s.c.#527
the other thing id idk if it has and oil cooler but it could make those oil lines leak
There's no oil cooler. When changing the oil, there are two places to drain from. The tank and the engine. It should take just over two quarts. What kind of oil did you use? Brand, Viscosity, synthetic...ect

z

[wild kfx]

I use Maxima 10w40


my bad engine noises are a loud clinking idk how to decsribe it

[rockman]

Are the noises coming from the topend or the crank?

[wild kfx]

top end, i think its my rings and now when i hit it it makes a loud snatch sound

[wild kfx]

yeah its gone now :( :mad: :ermm: :( :( :( :(

[drzoo2]

Sorry to here it. Look on the bright side. Time for a bigbore!

z

[my88r]

was this because of the oil or was the motor not rebulit in awhile because i dont see why too much oil would have caused this.

[jherbie28]

i read in a magazine that too much oil wont hurt anything, being that the motor is a single dry sump! the more oil (lubracating) the better. dont take my word on it

[BigAL90]

yah i wouldn't go dumping tons of extra oil into it but i highly doubt that to much oil would have done that but then again exactly how much oil did you put in?

[wild kfx]

it was almost empty so i dumped one quart in and it starting F***ing up bad but yea 440 on the way with cams and stroker crankshaft:) :) :)