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Hi everybody. When preparing to adjust my valve clearances on my 2008 qlink cf200 the other day, as I was string the motor to tdc, I noticed that there was a considerable amount of oil inside the magneto cover. Is this normal? I've done a bit of research and read that oil is an insulator and that on some bikes, the flywheel and stator are supposed to sit in oil. It seems a bit strange to have a generator of electricity submerged in a pool of any kind of liquid.
What is "considerable amount of oil" in metric measurements?
The thing is that in almost all magneto covers, regardless of the engine manufacturer and engine type that has a "dry coils", you can find certain amount of oil. And all owners wonder is that normal. :icon10:
Enough for oily to slowly leak from where the lowest yellow cap is when it's removed
http://www.contactdi.com/2008/fix/fix005.jpg
I couldn't tell you exactly how much oil is in the cover. All I know is the oil coated the flywheel while I was trying to get top dead center to the point where I could not see the mark on the flywheel without shining a light directly in the hole.
Oh my....
In my book, it is way too much for a engine in which, if I'm not mistaken, coils should be in a dry. Fortunately, there are people on this forum who have bikes with the same engine, and they will give you the right info.
Thanks Zorge. I figure someone here should know if this is normal and if not, what needs to be replaced.
There's oil in there and you should see it on your flywheel when you rotate it to top dead center. I've never had oil pour out when removing the access screw on the side, but there's definitely some in there.
Cheers!
ChinaV
What a relief! Thanks ChinaV!
That's exactly what I saw, a coating of oil on the flywheel.
After about 5-10 minutes of removing the 17mm hex cap that allows you rotate the engine, I noticed just a little bit of oil slowly coming out of the whole. Maybe because the bike was on it's side stand rather that sitting upright on a center stand.
The bike runs pretty good. I've only had it die on me once.
I charged the battery for an hour and started it with no problem. It hasn't died since then
After that, I bought a trickle charger and started fully charging the battery every week and a half.