• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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2012 TE511 Fuel leaking into gearbox?

Pete Rocha said:
The "jury" is still out, but everything looks promising. I put on approx 60 more miles since the injector swap, and decided to change oil. I didn't notice any significant gas in oil (other than maybe the little bit that was in there from the last oil change to the injector change). Oil still looked good...wasn't all thin due to large amounts of fuel, and was still amber looking, not black like before. Will check after a couple more tanks of gas, but so far so good...keeping fingers crossed.
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Just came across this thread.
I use Agip 10W60, on a 08 TE 610 and had my oil analysed after the first change. The oil fuel dilution was close to 2% which is not excessive, but I changed the oil hot after a long ride, so some might have evaporated, meaning it is of concern. There is always a bit of a gass smell around the bike when parked for a while. I just changed oil again, waiting for the analysis to come back.

Important to note, that I tried the same AGIP on my Harley and at 3,000 mile change had it analysed. It held up pretty well, not much viscosity change, additve still in tact. On the Husky though, after 1,000 miles the oil was tore up pretty bad, viscosity down to almost a SAE30 grade, a lot of the additive gone.

In short, my oil level does not increase, but the amount of oil/fuel dilution is more than I would like to see.
 
There is a perfectly good example of why it is cheaper to change oil more frequently, than try to save a few bucks on a couple quarts/liters of oil. The longest I've let mine go is 400 miles between changes and I also was using Agip10/60 and ELF 10/60 and 10/50 in colder weather.
 
waserman said:
There is a perfectly good example of why it is cheaper to change oil more frequently, than try to save a few bucks on a couple quarts/liters of oil. The longest I've let mine go is 400 miles between changes and I also was using Agip10/60 and ELF 10/60 and 10/50 in colder weather.
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I with ya. I mean I don't mind changing it around every 250 miles or so, since for what I currently use it for (short back and forth to work..6 miles a day) is quite a while. It's having to worry about it after 30 miles is what I didn't like..haha
 
jellyrug said:
Just came across this thread.
I use Agip 10W60, on a 08 TE 610 and had my oil analysed after the first change. The oil fuel dilution was close to 2% which is not excessive, but I changed the oil hot after a long ride, so some might have evaporated, meaning it is of concern. There is always a bit of a gass smell around the bike when parked for a while. I just changed oil again, waiting for the analysis to come back.

Important to note, that I tried the same AGIP on my Harley and at 3,000 mile change had it analysed. It held up pretty well, not much viscosity change, additve still in tact. On the Husky though, after 1,000 miles the oil was tore up pretty bad, viscosity down to almost a SAE30 grade, a lot of the additive gone.

In short, my oil level does not increase, but the amount of oil/fuel dilution is more than I would like to see.
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The Harleys RPMs are pretty low as compared to a dirt bike... maybe that is why the oil can last so long?

My 08 TXC250 did well with changes between 350-450 miles ... Never did any oil analysis but I'd consider 500 miles as the outer, outer limits on running ~any oil on my bike ...
 
I didnt bother reading all 4 pages of this thread but I did run into a similar situation with a TE511. We replaced the injector and everything has been fine since.
 
ScottyR said:
I didnt bother reading all 4 pages of this thread but I did run into a similar situation with a TE511. We replaced the injector and everything has been fine since.
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I do hope that this fixes mine issue too..but I just checked the oil in the sight glass and it looks like the level is going up again. Not 100% sure, but will continue monitoring.
 
Pete Rocha said:
Just rechecked my oil this weekend and it actually still looks ok...the darn oil level "dropped" after sitting a few days.
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Changed oil for second time and no fuel in it.... Measured 1050 cc is what came out so was still a bit over filled but the oil in the airbox seemed to stop...... Pulled all screens and filter and leaned bike way over to the right to allow oil in the valve area to drop down the cam chain side ..... Added 950cc then started , rechecked and added another 50cc..... Level seems perfect....... Also the husky has internal dry sump I do believe could be why your level dropped
 
Rearwheelin said:
Changed oil for second time and no fuel in it.... Measured 1050 cc is what came out so was still a bit over filled but the oil in the airbox seemed to stop...... Pulled all screens and filter and leaned bike way over to the right to allow oil in the valve area to drop down the cam chain side ..... Added 950cc then started , rechecked and added another 50cc..... Level seems perfect....... Also the husky has internal dry sump I do believe could be why your level dropped
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I think i'm going to change my oil again this weekend, because now the oil in the sight glass is back up to the max level again. So damn irritating. I do think that I will try to get something to measure the volume with this time so that I can keep a log of it.
 
A ratio-rite cup is $5 ha ha...... I changed the oil right after a 8 minute ride and there was hardly any oil behind the first filter on left, it all came out on the two right plugs.... Screens were pretty clean with a mushroom on the magnet..... I'm going to just dump oil out of the right magnetic drain next time, and measure it ha ha
 
I just put my bike on a stand so its level and then just fill till its level with the filler plug hole.:thumbsup:
 
Pete Rocha said:
That's what i'm not sure of. I would assume if the bike was carbureted then I would probably say yes, as the float may have some issue holding the pressure back, but on a FI bike I'm not so sure. Although HuskyKT noted that after the correction of his vent hose, his symptoms disappeared, but at the same time I believe from what I have read is that the fuel system when fully charged runs about 40psi or something. The fuel injector should be designed to handle that type of pressure when it is completely shut off..i.e. 0 volts going to it. Now obviously the charged side of the fuel circuit and the input side of the circuit from the gas tank have to be separated. With that in mind, I don't really see how a choked off vent line could create enough pressure in the tank to really effect things, but then again, I'm not a fuel injection expert, and definitely not an expert on the FI systems on the Huskys. I'm just trying to speak from a logic standpoint, not from a standpoint of knowing all of the technical aspects of this particular FI setup.
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I am kind of late getting back on this topic. I do not believe the tank could build enough pressure to blow by an injector that is in good shape.
 
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