New GS burning 1 QT oil per 1k miles - normal? - Page 6

Ritalin Boy · 11-03-2009, 12:09 PM

I'm just damn lucky I guess. I've never had a BMW that used oil except for a K11. That one had a series of leaky rear main seals.

Mr.Efficiency · 11-03-2009, 12:18 PM

Really, this is much ado about nothing. I bought a brand spankin new 04 Rockster. The bike was awesome! I rode a thousand miles, I used a quart of oil... big deal.

That biike ran hotter every day I twisted the grip, by the time I got it to 20k miles... almost no oil consumption between changes.

I gought a brand new GS, same thing, only worse. Really a quart every thousand and every ten minutes that darned computer telling me I needed oil....

Now I'm at about 16k and its down to a cup every thousand. And that bike also runs like a scared deer and gets better every mile.

Whatever the reason (most likely the ridiculously hard and smooth piston walls) the bike needs some time to seat the rings properly. That's my story and I'm stickin to it. Ride the bike 30,000 miles and the oil use will stop. Regardless, it certainly hasn't hurt he relieability of the boxer engine.

Arby60 · 11-03-2009, 12:58 PM

How low do you let the oil level get before adding and what level in the sight glass do you try to get to when adding oil?

vospertw · 11-03-2009, 02:58 PM

My 99 gets about 5K per liter, the DR is close to 20K per liter... At 1000 miles per liter, you guys could have bought 3 08 KLR's, rode the best one and kept two for spares.

pkariher · 11-03-2009, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by vospertw

My 99 gets about 5K per liter, the DR is close to 20K per liter... At 1000 miles per liter, you guys could have bought 3 08 KLR's, rode the best one and kept two for spares.

We're just trying to be environmentally conscious.

No sense wasting oil.

We just wished out bikes used no oil.

Cheapest part of a BMW.........

scooteraug02 · 11-03-2009, 09:04 PM

I did a trip of ten days of riding 6300 miles on the odometer to 11,800 and my consumption was from the top of the oil glass to a little above the bottom of the glass.

11-03-2009, 12:18 PM	#77
Mr.Efficiency Road Furrier Joined: May 2007 Location: Cleveland Oddometer: 129	Really, this is much ado about nothing. I bought a brand spankin new 04 Rockster. The bike was awesome! I rode a thousand miles, I used a quart of oil... big deal. That biike ran hotter every day I twisted the grip, by the time I got it to 20k miles... almost no oil consumption between changes. I gought a brand new GS, same thing, only worse. Really a quart every thousand and every ten minutes that darned computer telling me I needed oil.... Now I'm at about 16k and its down to a cup every thousand. And that bike also runs like a scared deer and gets better every mile. Whatever the reason (most likely the ridiculously hard and smooth piston walls) the bike needs some time to seat the rings properly. That's my story and I'm stickin to it. Ride the bike 30,000 miles and the oil use will stop. Regardless, it certainly hasn't hurt he relieability of the boxer engine. __________________ The Road is Life Jack Kerouac

11-03-2009, 12:58 PM	#78
Arby60 Bluegrass Rider Joined: Nov 2005 Location: Bluegrass Country Oddometer: 124	How low do you let the oil level get before adding and what level in the sight glass do you try to get to when adding oil? __________________ 2007 K1200LT - Blue 2008 R1200GS - Blue

11-03-2009, 02:58 PM	#79
vospertw Adventures on the Cheap Joined: Apr 2004 Location: San Diego Oddometer: 521	My 99 gets about 5K per liter, the DR is close to 20K per liter... At 1000 miles per liter, you guys could have bought 3 08 KLR's, rode the best one and kept two for spares. __________________ Todd Vosper '06 DR-650 '99 R1100GS "If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." - Samuel Adams

11-03-2009, 09:04 PM	#81
scooteraug02 Dog Rancher Joined: Feb 2003 Location: Atlanta, GA Oddometer: 2,061	I did a trip of ten days of riding 6300 miles on the odometer to 11,800 and my consumption was from the top of the oil glass to a little above the bottom of the glass. __________________ Wolf in sheep's clothing

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11-03-2009, 12:09 PM	#76
Ritalin Boy Incognito Joined: Sep 2003 Oddometer: 2,911	I'm just damn lucky I guess. I've never had a BMW that used oil except for a K11. That one had a series of leaky rear main seals.