warranty question..

[JimRBlue]

Originally Posted by John217

this is probably a stupid question, but are the battery terminals on right? pos to pos --- neg to neg.?

that would have explained the "pop" noise

Unless the warranty is going to help you out, your probably better off money wise doing the diagnostics on your own. See if you can hook up with a service manual.

[ffejtable]

Phrase of the Day: Root Cause

Warranty is nice, but its not an insurance policy and only covers mfr defects. Keep this in mind that if you give them the green light to go ahead with tearing the engine down, that all they are trying to do is find the root cause. They can't make a determination on if its covered by warranty until they know what the root cause is.

If warranty doesnt cover it (which means Mfr doesnt pay the dealer for the time they spent doing diagnostic), expect to see a bill. Just giving you a worst case scenario.

Anything right now by anybody is speculation until you determine root cause.

[liquiddevil2000]

lolol here to update the REAL problem on the kawi!!!
xtreme just called me to tell me i hydrolocked it!!!
too much oil in da air filter spark plugs were drowned in oil and oil leaked to the top portion of the first piston head!!!

she said either i was doing too many wheelies or i put in too much oil!!
and it was neither cuz i just came off my appendix disability so wheelies are out of the question and i only put in 3.5 of the motul oil i bought to start off..

i think i just started it too many times when i was trying to find out if the old battery was really dying on me or it was just sitting around too long in da garage!!

[carl_g]

Cool! sounds like da problem is fixed

[Cakes206]

Originally Posted by liquiddevil2000

and i only put in 3.5 of the motul oil i bought to start off..

Which Motul? Some come in liter containers!

[IrocRob]

Just how much oil did you put on that K&N air filter?

[duc748pilot]

you hydrolocked it? air filter oil?! what?? unless you poured a half gallon of oil on the filter....air filter oil will not hydrolock an engine. and if there was enough to do so...im thinkin theres a lot of gummed up crap in that head. and if its engine oil.....tell them you want to know how and where the oil was getting past the piston rings and why.

dosnt make sense

[carl_g]

yeah if youz did it by putting too much oil on da airfilter..da injectaz are no doubt a mess also...w0rd!
what was wrong with da stock air filter?

[Brian78]

did u store it upside down?

[IrocRob]

Okay guys, my K&N comment was a JOKE.....

[SAXON117]

Originally Posted by IrocRob

Okay guys, my K&N comment was a JOKE.....

LIAR!

[liquiddevil2000]

lol retarts!!!!

what i said was ....xtreme said i put too much oil in the engine and it was forced into the spark plugs and drowned them and forced upwards into the airfilter box through some breather tubes and into the piston chamber so they had to drain and clean everything then put it back together fuggers!!! lmao..whatever-all i know was it was expensive and its all fixed and runs like it always did!!! thats all i want right now!!!

[Cakes206]

What Motul do you use?

[JimRBlue]

Originally Posted by SPRHK

Get the bike back and change the plugs. You probably fouled the plugs while trying to start it with the old battery. When you put the new one in, all you got was a backfire. Change your plugs and go riding.

Speaking of plugs..... Post #1.....

[liquiddevil2000]

yeah but it wouldnt have mattered to putin new plugs if i had oil sittin on top of the pistons right?????
i use the motul semi synthetic by the way and i have always used that stuff in all my bikes!