ShortstackRN
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My new FZ8 already has to go to to the shop doctor!
After only 400 miles the valve cover gasket, the head gasket and the engine plug all started leaking oil!!! Lucky for me I do some side work for a guy who was a Yamaha engineer for 20 years. He took a look at it and found it was grossly OVER filled with oil from the factory. I even had several ML of oil pooled in my air box! He advised I drop the oil and put in the correct amount and see if the decreased engine pressure would allow the gaskets to seal. I cleaned the air box and sides of the engine really good but she is still leaking! Dealership gave me a hassle about warranting it since I changed the oil myself and denied it was overfilled when it left the showroom... after a few phone calls that got resolved. Yamaha themselves do a good job of standing behind their product... dealerships... not so much!
Has anyone had a similar situation????
Thoughts and discussion please! This is the first bike I have ever had do this out of 15... so I was a bit annoyed with the service manager for trying to make it look like I didn't know my head from my tail about motorcycles...
After only 400 miles the valve cover gasket, the head gasket and the engine plug all started leaking oil!!! Lucky for me I do some side work for a guy who was a Yamaha engineer for 20 years. He took a look at it and found it was grossly OVER filled with oil from the factory. I even had several ML of oil pooled in my air box! He advised I drop the oil and put in the correct amount and see if the decreased engine pressure would allow the gaskets to seal. I cleaned the air box and sides of the engine really good but she is still leaking! Dealership gave me a hassle about warranting it since I changed the oil myself and denied it was overfilled when it left the showroom... after a few phone calls that got resolved. Yamaha themselves do a good job of standing behind their product... dealerships... not so much!
Has anyone had a similar situation????
Thoughts and discussion please! This is the first bike I have ever had do this out of 15... so I was a bit annoyed with the service manager for trying to make it look like I didn't know my head from my tail about motorcycles...