Kawasaki 650R 09 consuming a lot of oil?

[seedy]

Might be the seal leaking from the output shaft, which the engine sprocket attaches to.

Easy fix on most bikes.

[Kawazaki650R]

24 minutes ago, seedy said:

Might be the seal leaking from the output shaft, which the engine sprocket attaches to.

Easy fix on most bikes.

OK I'll take it to the mechanic and ask them. Shouldn't be too expensive even if I take it to Kawa right? 

[seedy]

Very easy fix - on most bikes.

Off with the side cover, off with the engine sprocket, remove old seal, install new seal, reassemble.

One Hour ? Probably less !

[Kawazaki650R]

Yet another issue. When I ride hard I feel liquid hit my ankle on the left side. It doesn't feel hot or anything. Is it leaking water from somewhere too? 

[Kawazaki650R]

12 hours ago, Kawazaki650R said:

Yet another issue. When I ride hard I feel liquid hit my ankle on the left side. It doesn't feel hot or anything. Is it leaking water from somewhere too? 

If it's coming from the tube would it indicate that I have air in my system? I've felt something hit my ankle sometimes when I ride but never thought much about it but now I saw this. Only happens when I Rev the bike. 

[Kwasaki]

On 11/18/2022 at 9:51 AM, Kawazaki650R said:

If it's coming from the tube would it indicate that I have air in my system? I've felt something hit my ankle sometimes when I ride but never thought much about it but now I saw this. Only happens when I Rev the bike. 

Maybe nothing just an overflow pipe which has been routed in the wrong place. 

[Kwasaki]

On 10/31/2022 at 9:59 AM, Kawazaki650R said:

This guy owns big bike kawasaki and my friend has had his bike repaired there so I thought they could do a check up first and if not I'll take it to kawasaki. 

Problems with my Versys 650 were all fixed at Kawasaki Nahkon Sawan workshop who have a specialist engineer and where Kawasaki head office in Bkk told me to go, do yourself a favour and your bike and get it sorted there. 

[kickstart]

On 11/18/2022 at 9:51 AM, Kawazaki650R said:

If it's coming from the tube would it indicate that I have air in my system? I've felt something hit my ankle sometimes when I ride but never thought much about it but now I saw this. Only happens when I Rev the bike. 

Is that water or oil?if it is oil it is coming from the breather pipe ,excess crankcase pressure ,coming from worn piston rings as when ridden hard?.

[Simple Jack]

4 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Problems with my Versys 650 were all fixed at Kawasaki Nahkon Sawan workshop who have a specialist engineer and where Kawasaki head office in Bkk told me to go, do yourself a favour and your bike and get it sorted there. 

Sadly. You and aye differ on the competence of Kawasaki Nakon Sawan.

[JeffersLos]

Just take it to Kawasaki and get them to check it!! The cost of them doing it seems to be an issue so ask them first how much it costs to check everything. It really isn't difficult. 

 

 

[Kawazaki650R]

9 hours ago, JeffersLos said:

Just take it to Kawasaki and get them to check it!! The cost of them doing it seems to be an issue so ask them first how much it costs to check everything. It really isn't difficult. 

 

 

I did. But waiting for them to order a part. Then the next day I noticed this problem so not riding the bike until Monday when I'm supposed to go back there. 

[Kawazaki650R]

10 hours ago, kickstart said:

Is that water or oil?if it is oil it is coming from the breather pipe ,excess crankcase pressure ,coming from worn piston rings as when ridden hard?.

I think it's water even though it looks like oil on that photo. My foot doesn't get greasy or dirty. 

[Kwasaki]

10 hours ago, Simple Jack said:

Sadly. You and aye differ on the competence of Kawasaki Nakon Sawan.

Depends on what you need done and I found Hue Hin Kwakas OK. 

 

CM Kawasaki messed my bike up and many say they are good. 

[kickstart]

12 hours ago, Kawazaki650R said:

I think it's water even though it looks like oil on that photo. My foot doesn't get greasy or dirty. 

Ok,you say it is water ,check the hoses ,soon see if they are any leaks ,on a bike that is 13 years they could well be perished,has the water level dropped in the header tank.

Still not addressed the problem of high oil consumption ,still say piston rings.

[Kawazaki650R]

20 hours ago, kickstart said:

Ok,you say it is water ,check the hoses ,soon see if they are any leaks ,on a bike that is 13 years they could well be perished,has the water level dropped in the header tank.

Still not addressed the problem of high oil consumption ,still say piston rings.

It's being checked at kawasaki right now. I told them everything and they're checking it right now. Will update tomorrow or Wednesday. 

[Kawazaki650R]

Update: it seems it was the o-ring that caused the leak and the oil to drain over time. Also the water should be from wrongly installed tubes? They were apparently installed on the wrong wa which causes the water to come out the hose at higher rpms? Not sure what that really means but that's what kawasaki said. 

[Kawazaki650R]

Maybe someone down the line would find this interesting. Gotta change the O-ring and some other gasket too. 

[kickstart]

Did you get them to do a compression test.

[Kawazaki650R]

20 hours ago, kickstart said:

Did you get them to do a compression test.

I asked them to do it. But he said something about checking something else and depending on the results test they'll do a compression test. Their English isn't the best so it's difficult to get exactly what you want. They found two leaks from two gaskets and also two cables were wrongly routed that's why it was spitting water at higher rpms. At least according to them. 

[Kwasaki]

16 hours ago, Kawazaki650R said:

I asked them to do it. But he said something about checking something else and depending on the results test they'll do a compression test. Their English isn't the best so it's difficult to get exactly what you want. They found two leaks from two gaskets and also two cables were wrongly routed that's why it was spitting water at higher rpms. At least according to them. 

They will do a compression test if necessary they are probably checking the Ecu by computer first. 

 

The hoses were routed incorrectly they usually route them to the rear behind the engine as they will overflow sometimes because that's what they are overflow tubes. 

 

Seems like the Tube was on one side before your foot peg.

[Kawazaki650R]

14 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

They will do a compression test if necessary they are probably checking the Ecu by computer first. 

 

The hoses were routed incorrectly they usually route them to the rear behind the engine as they will overflow sometimes because that's what they are overflow tubes. 

 

Seems like the Tube was on one side before your foot peg.

Yes, that's exactly what he said. But my question is, the overflow hose should it really overflow as soon as you start revving in the higher rpms? Doesn't that point to air in the system or some other leak? Or could it have been caused by the faulty gaskets that were replaced? 

[Kwasaki]

1 hour ago, Kawazaki650R said:

Yes, that's exactly what he said. But my question is, the overflow hose should it really overflow as soon as you start revving in the higher rpms? Doesn't that point to air in the system or some other leak? Or could it have been caused by the faulty gaskets that were replaced? 

Pressure building up in the radiator has the coolant hose outlet by the rad cap to enable overfilled rad coolant to escape.

 

Maybe it allows some coolant at high revs to escape or maybe the rad cap pressure spring maybe worn.

 

There is usually another rain water outlet tube coming from the petrol cap position.

 

Both are routed to the rear of the bike. 

 

A lot of this stuff for Thais who can speak English or not speak English will find it hard to explain, it sounds like there taking care of you pal. 

[Kawazaki650R]

Yet another issue. Drove outside for 1hour fairly hard. Then when I went to fill up gas I turned off the bike and coolant started pooling underneath the bike. I'm 1h away from bangkok. What to do? 

[eisfeld]

51 minutes ago, Kawazaki650R said:

Yet another issue. Drove outside for 1hour fairly hard. Then when I went to fill up gas I turned off the bike and coolant started pooling underneath the bike. I'm 1h away from bangkok. What to do? 

If it's not much coolant then refill and ride slowly to next dealer. If it's quite a bit as pooling sounds then let it get picked up by a truck. Good luck

[Kwasaki]

55 minutes ago, Kawazaki650R said:

Yet another issue. Drove outside for 1hour fairly hard. Then when I went to fill up gas I turned off the bike and coolant started pooling underneath the bike. I'm 1h away from bangkok. What to do? 

Pooling how much, and do you still have coolant in your expansion bottle. !!!!!

[Kawazaki650R]

12 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Pooling how much, and do you still have coolant in your expansion bottle. !!!!!

I'd say 100 ml or something around that. Yes there's still coolant in the expansion bottle. Will try to drive home carefully checking every so often and take it to Kawa once again. Sigh... 

[Kwasaki]

Just now, Kawazaki650R said:

I'd say 100 ml or something around that. Yes there's still coolant in the expansion bottle. Will try to drive home carefully checking every so often and take it to Kawa once again. Sigh... 

It may of been overfilled like Thais seem to do, they overflate tyres,  they overfill oil,  and overfill coolant in my experience, have you a temperature gauge if not just keep checking the expansion coolant bottle. 

[Kawazaki650R]

Just now, Kwasaki said:

It may of been overfilled like Thais seem to do, they overflate tyres,  they overfill oil,  and overfill coolant in my experience, have you a temperature gauge if not just keep checking the expansion coolant bottle. 

All I have is the temp gage and it haven't turned on. Bike runs ok. But will drive home slowly and check ever so often. I took it to a local mechanic who checked it. Will take it to Kawa on Monday. 

[Kawazaki650R]

Both me and the the bike got home unscathed. No issues at all. It literally puked out a bunch of purple/pink liquid at the gas station as soon as I turned it off. Kawasaki opens on Tuesday. Will update then.

 

As always, many thanks! 

[Kwasaki]

32 minutes ago, Kawazaki650R said:

Both me and the the bike got home unscathed. No issues at all. It literally puked out a bunch of purple/pink liquid at the gas station as soon as I turned it off. Kawasaki opens on Tuesday. Will update then.

 

As always, many thanks! 

Tell him to check your rad cap. 

Check coolant level at the rad cap that's where people tend to overfill. 

Check coolant expansion bottle level.