ticking noise

[DoDa]

Hey all, I'm new to the yamaha venture and so far the wife and I love the bike, the question I have is after doing the 600 mi. oil change using 15w-40w rotella the engine has some valve ticking on cold start up then goes away in about a minute. Is this a normal thing on this engine, or do I just have a valve set a little loose, oh yeah the bike is an 09. Thanks for the help.

[ColoNavy]

Normal for my 2000 RSV. I did find however that using a synthetic oil such as Mobil 1 or Amsoil reduces the tick time.

[SilvrT]

Same thing on mine and I'm using Shell Rotella T 15w40

[frogmaster]

WELCOME,

 

Shell Rotella 5w-40 SYNTHETIC... 'What Tick" since 600mi now nearly 5,000 miles.

 

Seriously did this happen with Factory Yamalube before 600mi? If so replace with Yamalube and get back to Dealer for Warranty Work. The Yamalube is classified as a SEMI-SYNTHETIC and then you went pure DINO maybe go other way pure SYN.

 

Keep us posted & WELOCME

[DoDa]

Before the 600 mi. I never noticed it, so I guess I'll go back to the yamalube and at 3000 mi. try the Rottella synthetic, Thanks again.

[SilvrT]

I got my scoot with 1300 kilometers on it. It had the 600 mile service (965 km). I changed the oil out to Amsoil Synthetic 10w50. Engine seemed ok but I didn't have much to compare to as I hadn't ridden it much by then. At about 7500 km (summer warmer weather arriving) I changed to Amsoil 20w50 synthetic. Engine seemed noisier and the clutch whine seemed noisier. Changed it out to Rotella T. I get a bit of tappet click when cold start but it doesn't last long and once warmed up, the engine is quieter and the clutch whine isn't quite as bad. I figgure the "tappets" are purposely set a little "loose" from factory for break-in and when the next service is due (I think around 16000 km), the tappets are supposed to be set and I figgure then there will be no clicking.

[Karfreek]

Hey all, I'm new to the yamaha venture and so far the wife and I love the bike, the question I have is after doing the 600 mi. oil change using 15w-40w rotella the engine has some valve ticking on cold start up then goes away in about a minute. Is this a normal thing on this engine, or do I just have a valve set a little loose, oh yeah the bike is an 09. Thanks for the help.

 

I was getting the same ticking noise on cold starts running Yamalube 20w-50. The local Yamaha dealer suggested going to 10w-40. I changed it out this past friday with 10w-40 and the cold start tick is gone.

 

I also noticed some other things being "better" now with the 10w-40 but I want to see if this is the placebo effect.

 

Jay

[jakester]

I am surprised that nobody has mentioned the oil filter? Anti backflow valve bleeding down after she sat a while. I had a roadstar that was bad about cold engine noise due to all the oil draining down after sitting a while. Roadstarclinic.com gave several options / brands that worked. Changed filters and no more noise.

My 2 cents worth.

Bill

[Motiv]

Is it safe to say if I don't have ticking on start up then I don't need to check the valves this winter? Bike is a '99 RSV with 37K miles and the previous owner said he never had the valves adjusted, he got it with 4k miles on the clock.

[Freebird]

No, sorry, that is not safe to say. The valves get tighter as things wear. Looser could cause some ticking but tighter is not likely to. You are probably OK but the only way to know for sure is to check them.

[MiCarl]

Properly adjusted valves will tick a bit, especially cold.

 

Only way to know for sure is to measure them.