DRZ400 - overfill with oil - what can happen?

On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 02:25:27 GMT, "Trevor & Anne"
<atvanandelnotthis.RemoveThis@bigpondtremove.com> wrote:

>Hello peoples, My son took my DRZ400 riding without asking me. I am going to
>choke him when he gets back....if he gets back....
>He thought he was doing the right thing and 'topped up' the oil. Apparrently
>'It was empty'. Grrr. He doesn't know it has a dry sump. It was ridden last
>week. What damage can be done by overfilling it?
>Signed, one pissed off dad.
>

Hello one pissed off dad

I have to ask... how does one check and top up a dry sump motor?

Johno
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Johno wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 02:25:27 GMT, "Trevor & Anne"
> <atvanandelnotthis.DeleteThis@bigpondtremove.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello peoples, My son took my DRZ400 riding without asking me. I am going to
>> choke him when he gets back....if he gets back....
>> He thought he was doing the right thing and 'topped up' the oil. Apparrently
>> 'It was empty'. Grrr. He doesn't know it has a dry sump. It was ridden last
>> week. What damage can be done by overfilling it?
>> Signed, one pissed off dad.
>>
>
> Hello one pissed off dad
>
> I have to ask... how does one check and top up a dry sump motor?

By checking the oil tank (some have dipsticks, others a strip-type
sightglass) while the motor's running. NB: Need to have the motor
running for a little while, to give the scavenge pump time to bale all
the pooled oil from the bottom of the cases into the oil tank.

To the OP: Unless the kid's been a real 'tard and put an extra 2L of oil
in, there's not likely to be much harm. The scavenge pump will just keep
the oil tank considerably fuller than it otherwise would be... he still
deserves to be fired arse-first from a catapult for taking the bike
without asking, mind you.
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