derekhonda
11-20-2013, 06:32 AM
Hello old friends!
Well, I brought her back to life! My 2001 400ex that hasn't turned a mile in roughly 4 years lives again. Drained gas, did a real crude carb cleanup, cleaned air filter, charged battery, changed oil and filter, new plug, Fresh gas with sea foam, and she starts right up! Unbelievable. Not only started, but ran great! Man do I love Hondas.
So onto my question, and I searched and searched but have not seen anyone else have this problem. I put right at 2 quarts of oil in her just as I always have. I started it up and let it idle for a few minutes. Shut it down to check oil...and the resevoir was totally full...like pouring out. So I shut it down, and a few minutes later it was about where it should be on the stick. Started it back up, ran a few minutes, shut her down....again...almost overflowing out of the resevoir. Did this a third time....what is causing this? Did I put the oil filter on wrong? Can the oil lines get clogged or anything of that nature? Anyone have a clue what I'm talking about?
Well, I brought her back to life! My 2001 400ex that hasn't turned a mile in roughly 4 years lives again. Drained gas, did a real crude carb cleanup, cleaned air filter, charged battery, changed oil and filter, new plug, Fresh gas with sea foam, and she starts right up! Unbelievable. Not only started, but ran great! Man do I love Hondas.
So onto my question, and I searched and searched but have not seen anyone else have this problem. I put right at 2 quarts of oil in her just as I always have. I started it up and let it idle for a few minutes. Shut it down to check oil...and the resevoir was totally full...like pouring out. So I shut it down, and a few minutes later it was about where it should be on the stick. Started it back up, ran a few minutes, shut her down....again...almost overflowing out of the resevoir. Did this a third time....what is causing this? Did I put the oil filter on wrong? Can the oil lines get clogged or anything of that nature? Anyone have a clue what I'm talking about?