Mon Nov 25 10:09:02 1996 - Message No. 193
From: Michael Dipper

Subject: Re: Hello, back at last......


Hi,

On Sun, 24 Nov 1996, Sonic wrote:

> I read about you out there using synthetic oil, and expiriensing some
> minor problems.
> First of al you should know that the ratling of an XRV is normal. It is
> mostly generated by the
> clutch. It's not bad, the CBR 600 and CBR 1000 also suffer from this
> ratling.

Nope !  I didn't mean the rattling of the clutch. I hear that, too, but a
long as I know where it comes from, I don't get nervous.

"My" sound was a bit different. I suppose it came from the steering chain,
or the elements operating the valves (Kipphebel), but of course I can't
proove that but it disappeared with the new oil.

> When you put 'thicker' oil in the engine, this oil dampens the sound. (
> makes the engine more silent. )
> So if you use thinner oil, you are more able to hear the ratling.

That may be true: But as long as I don't know exactly if the rattling's
origin is a loss of oil (due to too high viscosity in idling state) or
simply the lower sound damping of the high viscosity oil, I feel better
if the sounds are stopped ...
Esepcially because I don't use the bike at very low temperatures, so
a 5W-40 seems to be obvious for me.

--- Micha ---

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