Dipstick for an 86 VR

[bald josh]

so i found an 86 on CL for $850, waited a few weeks(no $) and then finally emailed to find the bottom line. $400, i jump on it, hasnt been tagged since 99 , sitting in a barn auctioned off to raise $ for the deceased, so the story goes, the guy who i bought it from fiddled with it and got it to fire up but not really run. tank is unbelievably rusty,so i pull it all out, workin towards the carbs, and i turn her over to see the diaphrams move and she fires right up! lookin up!!! she belches smoke and is HEMORAGHING oil, but i do the right thing and let it warm, drain the oil to put in new and notice " hey thats alot of oil!" couldnt help myself, i had to find out....71/2 QUARTS!!! HOW DID IT EVEN RUN? so whos the dipstick? the dude for dumping in the oil, or me for not doing such a simple thing as an oil change immediatly and assuming this guy knew anything about mechanics.Im still shaking my head...71/2 quarts

[Holly]

Worked as a farm equipment mech a number of years back. Had a guy call up while he was changing oil in his tractor and ask how much oil did it take because he didn't see it from the fill hole and already had 10 gallons in it, only needed 2.

 

 

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Daryl

[skydoc_17]

Hey Josh,

I have seen this ONE other time. A gent with an 89'VR (not from this site) had filled the crankcase until you could see the oil level thru the fill hole. He didn't know about the "Oil level window". The bike stopped running, he brought it to my shop and just by chance I dropped a wrench by the right footpeg and when I bent down to get it I made an off the wall comment that your oil level is over full. He said how do you know that, and I said because the oil level is above the little window right here. He said, how much does one of these here Ventures hold and I said less than 4 qts, how much did you put in and he said, 8 QUARTS!! I changed the oil and filter, and had to put a new set of plugs in his bike, the pistons had slopped oil onto the plugs and it would not fire.

After that, all was well. Oh, one other thing, the seal where the output shaft for the drive shaft comes out of the engine case weeped oil for a few days but dried up when the oil level was returned to normal.

Glad you did no damage, try a new set of plugs,

Earl

[Dano]

Drained the 87 I bought and I swear he had 6 in there. Bikes been sitting since 03 and it spun right over by hand, so at least the crank bearings were well lubricated!

[Chaharly]

We drove mine around and fired it up before we changed the oil.

because we are smart:lightbulb: safe:12101: and

into reliability:mytruck1: