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Well looks like I managed torun a100 mile at 5000 revs with an oil lock in the 2 stroke tank.
Topped up the tank on thursday. Ran down to london on friday and engine was not sounding very happy. Stopped at services and checkd oil tank, still full. Alarm bells started so bought 1 litr of oil and gave a shot into the tank. Carried on down to the rally.
When I got there checked the oil tank again, now the oil was lower.
Somehow I mamaged to cause a vacumn in the tank so no oil could get through.
Got recovered back home on saturday came to work sunday.

Will need to strip it all down over the winter and find out exactly what I have destroyed.

Thats a bummer Nigel, we wondered what had happened, went on the rideout and there you were..... GONE.

Sorry to hear that Nigel, fingers crossed its not too serious

Could a possible blockage on the oil tank
Cap/breather cause that ?

El Presidente wrote:I got caught out at a rally a few Years ago, oil tank window full, oil tank empty! I suspect mixing oils turned to a gel that gelled up the window . . . it could also do the same to the filter

i was there h2b ?

that sucks nigel its happened to me before aswell but mine was gloop in the oil filter ,no fault of my own I hasten to add

too bad Nigel keep us informed

Will not know much more until I get home and strip down the engine.

Will post what I find.

Just do not understand the 2 stroke oil tank situation at the moment.
My only thought is that the overflow tube was full with oil when I installed the cap, then this somehow created a vacumn not allowing oil to flow into the pump.

Here's a bad photo of a possible cause
As you can see the 2T oil has turned to jelly

But them why would it clear by itself and then use as normal for the last 60 miles.
Need to spend time and find out why.
I wish I knew now what I will now in 6 months. Lol

With enough draw from the pump a small amount of gloop might just suck through the gauze eventually, I daresay that the pump would have no problem then mashing it back into oil and sending it out.

But get it all opened up and have a look mate, we're all still guessing for you.

Nigel S wrote:I wish I knew now what I will now in 6 months. Lol

Let us know when you find out...

downpipe3 wrote:

El Presidente wrote:I got caught out at a rally a few Years ago, oil tank window full, oil tank empty! I suspect mixing oils turned to a gel that gelled up the window . . . it could also do the same to the filter

i was there h2b ?

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WOW . . . I was wrong - TEN Years ago . . . On my Chrome H2c

it wa 15 yars ago Rick
at the place where we only had 1 rally and daves purple special was unveiled two porta loos in the field was the pub called the dog and duck ?

Black Hoss

Any idea how long that oil had been in the tank before it solidified and what sort of yearly mileage do you do?

SERPICO wrote:Any idea how long that oil had been in the tank before it solidified and what sort of yearly mileage do you do?

Malcolm must be your tank and oil were talking about. Yes ?

Must be Nigel.

It's a pic of an S3 I restored 3 or 4 years ago that had been standing since the mid eighties so the oil was ancient but it shows the principle of what happens.
Hope you get this sorted without too much expense

Nigel S wrote: Will need to strip it all down over the winter and find out exactly what I have destroyed.

When you got the plug out the small bits of what looked like metal in the spark plug and the grey ooze didn't look too good...

Wolfie wrote:Black Hoss

BlackHoss.jpg

that's it WOLFIE

Nick64 wrote:

Nigel S wrote: Will need to strip it all down over the winter and find out exactly what I have destroyed.

When you got the plug out the small bits of what looked like metal in the spark plug and the grey ooze didn't look too good...

I HAVE FEAR THATS THE ALI LAB SEAL BROKEN UP