My dealer broke my bike!

[-Savage-]

as some of you may know, my clutch cable snapped a while ago, and i left my bike into the local dealership [the only people i know who will even touch kymco] and had them replace the cable for an extortionate amount of money!

The dealership also said that my bike was low on oil, so they put some in for me.

Then, after picking the bike up, i went for a spin and my bike dies down some country lane! When i pulled over, i noticed that the bike was pissing oil out, i asumed that this was due to picking up a crack comewhere from a flying stone etc.

Now having dismantled the bike, and investigated, i see that where the oil was coming out was actually an overflow, and on futher inspection, the oil gauge reads at the high mark.

Since the engin is cold, and since ive left about 2 pints of oil in a persons driveway, i can only conclude that the dealership overfilled my bike with oil! as far as i know, this could have lead to a blown gasket etc!

for some reason, the oil overflow is into the air filter,,?? so i presume the air filter got covered in oil, and the carb sucked oil in and thats why she died?

well the short of it is my bike still wont kick start, im gettin the car battery soon and trying to jump her [bike battery is dead] and hopefully it will start.
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My Bikes - - - Royal Enfield 500 with sidecar, VFR800, CBR600FX,
Peugeot Speedfight 100, Kymco Hipster 125, GSXR750K5, Jawa TS 350

[Ichy]

[T1z3R]

no use to you now i know but the clutch cable on my kymco was a piece of piss to fit myself. ordered it straight from masco for £10.

hope you get it fixed soon though.
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duck my sick!

[-Savage-]

so will i need to clean the carb and plugs then? Is it as simmple as, remove, clean in petrol, replace?
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My Bikes - - - Royal Enfield 500 with sidecar, VFR800, CBR600FX,
Peugeot Speedfight 100, Kymco Hipster 125, GSXR750K5, Jawa TS 350

[Ichy]

I know nothing about your bike but...

I would definately check the plug first, nice and simple and might be the answer to not starting.

Actually I would make sure the oil is at the right level. There is usually a bolt near to the filler plug that you can take out which will drain out any excess oil when the bike is level. clean out the air box and just take a look at the filter,should be obvious if its no good.

At worst the oil could be being pushed through the breather because the cylinder is worn or a piston ring is broken, compression pressure will leak past the rings and pressurise the crankcase. Easy to check with a compression tester.

[-Savage-]

ok, filter cleaned, airbox cleaned, oil at correct level, CANT get bloody sparkplug out! Of bloody course the "sparkplug" socket in my socket set, whih is designed to take out sparkplugs and nothing else, DOESNT fit the bloody spark plug on my bike!!!!!Boo hoo, why is life this sh1te! lol

thaks for the help
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My Bikes - - - Royal Enfield 500 with sidecar, VFR800, CBR600FX,
Peugeot Speedfight 100, Kymco Hipster 125, GSXR750K5, Jawa TS 350

[R4nger]

Stop working on it and phone the dealer and ask them to fix it as they are in the wrong and they now need to repair any damage they caused to the bike. That is why they charge you for the service, no? I mean otherwise you would of done it yourself so ring them up.

[-Savage-]

it will be a hard job to prove that it was them who overfilled the oil level, they could just say that i did it, and its my fault.
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My Bikes - - - Royal Enfield 500 with sidecar, VFR800, CBR600FX,
Peugeot Speedfight 100, Kymco Hipster 125, GSXR750K5, Jawa TS 350

[Ichy]

I've got two different sizes in my socket set and neither of them fit. Mine was a 12mm and Halfords sell them.

[R4nger]

[-Savage-]

just asked,, phoned them up and thay said that they cant take it in blah blah blah etc etc etc, told me to clean sparkplug and then try cleaning the carb! Grrr Never a-bloddy-gain am i bringing my bike to a dealership. they have lost one customer for good!

just goes to show that you can never know enough about your bike to work on it yourself
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My Bikes - - - Royal Enfield 500 with sidecar, VFR800, CBR600FX,
Peugeot Speedfight 100, Kymco Hipster 125, GSXR750K5, Jawa TS 350

[cagiva gezzer]

Name and shame and shame on you for paying some one to fit a clutch cable....
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"because one stroke isnt enough and four strokes waste two"

[-Savage-]

well i didnt know that it was just the clutch cable, i thatugh that the gearbix was fcuked because i couldnt disengauge the clutch by hand, so i left it in. its a small dealership here in N.Ireland, and everybody i know who has used it, knows not to use it again so theres no advantage in naming them. The only reason i go there is because they are the only people here who work with kymcos.
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My Bikes - - - Royal Enfield 500 with sidecar, VFR800, CBR600FX,
Peugeot Speedfight 100, Kymco Hipster 125, GSXR750K5, Jawa TS 350

[-Savage-]

cleaned and sanded the contacts on the spark plug, but no joy, can i test the sparkplug to see if it sparks?
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My Bikes - - - Royal Enfield 500 with sidecar, VFR800, CBR600FX,
Peugeot Speedfight 100, Kymco Hipster 125, GSXR750K5, Jawa TS 350

[Hex]

[Rookie]

Dealerships are worse and worse these days, especially with foreign brands like Kymco. We stopped taking our old Daewoo to the dealer because they were total cowboys, and overcharged. Take it to a local mechanic who you know knows his stuff, chances are if you build a relationship you will get better service. Maybe tip them the first few times and stuff.

[T1z3R]

[-Savage-]

spark plug is fine, good spark from it, carberatur is out, and turns out it was clean,,,,,,,,and i cleaned the air filter and still it wont start. Im worried now.

Roughly how much compression should there be in a 125 cylinder? thers about enough for me to feel, but not enough to push air past my finger or anything.
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My Bikes - - - Royal Enfield 500 with sidecar, VFR800, CBR600FX,
Peugeot Speedfight 100, Kymco Hipster 125, GSXR750K5, Jawa TS 350

[baldy]

Look at the muck on that carb

Tut tut
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[-Savage-]

lol yes the exterior is mucky,,,as is the rest of the bike. But inside its nice and clean. i just broke the HT cable too!
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My Bikes - - - Royal Enfield 500 with sidecar, VFR800, CBR600FX,
Peugeot Speedfight 100, Kymco Hipster 125, GSXR750K5, Jawa TS 350

[colin1]

you shouldnt sand a spark plug as you will scrape off little flecks of metal which can then sit on the insualtion and interfere with proper sparking

you need a brass wire brush. brass is softer than steel so wont scratch your plug but harder than carbon, so will scratch off the carbon deposits

you can probably get one on ebay if you dont know a shop that sells them
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[Hotdog]