Norton cylinder full of oil

Hmm...

Dragged the Notrun (an 850 Commando) out of the back of the garage for a
play today.

I's not been run since I rebuilt the gearbox a while back.

When I went to start it, the engine was clearly locked. Dropping the
plugs out reveals that the right hand pot is pretty much full of engine
oil.

Great. Wet sump.

Ah well, drained and refilled with fresh oil, fired the beastie up and
got it MOTd. Marvellous.

Mind you, the handling's a bit squirrely with 4PSI in both tyres... =8^O

 

A British bike that holds oil?

 

I think the former Messrs Norton Villiers Triumph would take a dim view of
this. After all, surely their products were carefully designed (by
committee) so as to be incapable of holding oil. All the British bikes I
ever owned (present Hinckley Triumph excepted) were built in this way; any
other way was unthinkable. It's part of yer national 'eritage, surely, like
a Fray Bentos steak & kidney pie <sobs into beer>

 

"Are you the Man from UNCLE?"

"Nah, Ah'm the man fray Bentos."
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

Any idea how this happened? I thought all the oil would be below the
level of the cylinder and gravity would prevent this from happening?

 

Not in a dry sump engine.

--
Krusty
www.MuddyStuff.co.uk
Off-Road Classifieds

'02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Krusty

What him said.

Results of test riding:

Gearbox rebuild: success. No longer leaps out of second.

Clutch: still slipping. Bugger. New plates and oil seal, methinks.

 

<ponders>

So the oil tank is above the cylinder head? Oil in frame?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, mike. buckley

Noi in the frame, and in fact it's about in line with the CH.

I think the crankcase had filled, and that was splashing enough oil up
to cause a hydraulic lock. Or something. *Whatever*, it's fixed now.

 

'slright, it's only temporary.

 

Steady! My land rover holds oil really well, er, apart from...
<wanders off again, muttering>

 

SpamTrapSeeSig typed:

"If your Land Rover doesn't leak oil, that means it's empty."

--
Rich B

1971 S2a
1995 XT600E
2006 GT1000 - sale agreed
Oh, and a Ford

Take out the obvious to email me.

 

Aye :-(

But she good as sailed through her MOT last week. Not bad for her
coming-of-age birthday.

 

SpamTrapSeeSig typed:

<raises a glass in congratulation>

--
Rich B

1971 S2a
1995 XT600E
2006 GT1000
Oh, and a Ford

Take out the obvious to email me.

 

the last three cars I've owned have leaked oil. Rover 800 (yeah, yeah,
but I liked it) pissed oil from the head gasket; the next car, a
Suzuki Vitara, was oiltight when I bought it, then the sump pan rotted
through a year or so later.

The latest car, a Daihatsu Fourtrak, was again oiltight when I bought
it and now drips merrily onto the drive. No obvious source for the
oil, especially as it appears to be on the right hand side. The oil
filter, turbo etc. are on the left. Front diff doesn't *appear* to be
leaking but it's the prime suspect, mostly because it's on the right
side and needed a surprising amount of oil to top it up last time.

 

No, it's in the cylinder. Pay attention.

 

I don't want to think about Nigel checking for a soft cylinder.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus

<waves feeler gauges, enticingly>

 

<smears torso with grinding paste>

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus

<Adjusts vernier, tigerishly>