| Author | Message | ||
     Mattmcc00 |
This morning, Foggy, 4 celsius morning, I started up te Uly for my first drive since installing the rider comfort kit, and I got white smoke puffing out of the exhaust pipe, as well as some droplets of what looks like oil. Not sure what to make of this?? I let the engine run for about 2mins to see if it would go away... but it didn't and so I shut off the bike and rolled it back into the garage. Any Ideas? as to the cause? ran fine prior to installing the kit, perhaps I miss connected something? forgot a ground or something? and to top things out... I then wheeled out my Triumph Sprint ST 1050 which failed to start, battery low... So I took the car to work | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
I would think that some white smoke on a cold foggy morning is normal. Did the smoke smell like oil? | ||
| Rwven |
Water-vapor and carbon from the muffler. If it dissipated relatively quickly it wasn't oil smoke. I get that on mornings when the temperature / dew-point spread is close. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Probably just condensation (water). Bet the drops looked like oil because the exhaust, where they came from, is filled with soot. Get a drip of it on your finger and smear it between finger and thumb - does it feel oily? Smell oily? Or just dirty water? Either way, check your oil. If you're full, RIDE IT until it warms all the way up (five to ten miles at LEAST), and see if it stops smoking/dripping. You won't go through all your oil in that length of time, unless it's puking out fast enough to coat your legs and boots. | ||
| Mattmcc00 |
Water vapour was my first guess as well, but seeing as this is a new bike for me (three rides so for) I do not know its particularities very well yet. Better safe and ask then risk. What made me beleive it was oil droplets was that it stuck to the back wheel. I felt it in my fingers and it felt like gritty (so I thinking water & soot). What also threw me off a little was the puffing on the exhaust, puff....puff....puff about 3/4 seconds apart, kind of felt like it was skipping or only 1 cylinder firering?? but again I do not know this bike yet and I am used to riding a three cylinder for years now. | ||
| Hughlysses |
I definitely can't imagine you caused any kind of related problem by installing the Comfort Kit. +1 to what Ratbuell said. | ||
| Swampy |
You were looking at condensation. Check it again when the weather is warmer and no fog. | ||
| Etennuly |
You need to run that thing the next time you start it. These bikes do not like multiple cold starts without running for long enough to get to full running temperature. They tend to foul plugs after three or four cold starts without running to warm up. On warmer days you will be liking that comfort kit for sure! Cold damp start conditions will do like everyone said. Passing water/soot/steam from moisture in the pipe. | ||
| Mattmcc00 |
Well you guys were all dead on. we hit low 20s celsius this easter weekend and I took her out for a 2 day ride with the MRS. unpon the very first startup rolling out of my garage not a drop and zero smoke. Thx, all. | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
Win! |
