Rider of the Youth didn't check his oil level

[TheFlyingEngl...]

Right so I might be in quite a bit of trouble with the old L1 ZXR 400.

It's been the best bike I've ever bought mechanically, I've had it for a 2 months and I got it with 46k miles, I've now done up to 52k. As I've been ill and she has been sat for a week I haven't reminded myself to do any checks on the bike, in which I haven't even checked my oil level.

I rode 54 miles today, from speeds up to 60-110mph. With revs up to 16,000 (Raised rev limiter). The bike only went above half on the temperature gauge once and kept low due to high cold winds.

I had music on so I couldn't really hear anything until I was on the final 3 miles of my journey back home, and I heard a loud noise coming from the engine, so I went home and I got the good older brother to come out to check for me and all you could smell is the bike having no oil in it, so he poured 2.5 liters of oil into the engine, it only went halfway on the spyglass but there's no min-max level so I'll see if it needs more.

But I went for another ride to see if I might've saved it, it's lost no back-pressure, seems to run a lot nicer (Obviously) but there is loud ticking noise that is now coming from the engine, it gets faster when I rev up higher / going faster. So the question is; have I royally destroyed my pocketrocket?

[craigT19]

Honestly probably done a fair bit of damage but destroyed may be abit harsh as usually in that situation they just dont run.

Assuming your not leaving a smoke screen behind you your rings and pistons have probably survived so the ticking/nocking is likely to be summin along the lines of worn crank shells, big or small end bearings, cam guides or a combination of all of them. That could explain why it gets loader and faster as the rpm goes up because you have excessive play in there.

Does the bike vibrate more than before? especially through hard points like the pegs? and test for the noise with the bike in neutral because if the noise goes away you know its the gearbox not the engine, but if it stays you know its the engine and not the gearbox.
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[TheFlyingEngl...]

[RhynoCZ]

The first thing to suffer tends to be the head. I'm going to recommend taking the valve cover off and having a look inside. As you're in there, check the timing chain tension.

If the engine ran dry, there was probably no lubrication to the camshafts, which accelerated the wear. Engine head damage might be even the source of your ticking noise.
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[craigT19]

Well dont beat your self up as they say shit happens and were all young and forgetful at some point

Heres one i made earlier ran out of oil and created a speed hole!
*took the pic out because it was massive on my phone

Do the neutral test i mention in my first post (edited it after you read it) but there is a fair chance you have just put a load of wear on the engine before its time and it will quite happily tick away for the rest of its days... as long as you keep oil in it .[/i]
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[RhynoCZ]

[TheFlyingEngl...]

[doggone]

Where has the oil gone in the week you didn't check it,
Usually there is enough to stave off disaster even when well below the sight glass unless it somehow mostly shot out while running.

[andyscooter]

7000 miles in two months


where the fuck have you been riding
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[TheFlyingEngl...]

[TheFlyingEngl...]

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

I believe the oil light would indicate low pressure, but you haven't mentioned any warning. A vehicle will run fine with a surprisingly low oil level.
This would be the "150mph race-tuned" bike -

[RhynoCZ]

[Nobby the Bastard]

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

[TheFlyingEngl...]

[RhynoCZ]

[RhynoCZ]

[redeem ouzzer]

It’s scrap and op is a fucking dickhead.

Although if it really is revving to 16k I’m surprised it hasn’t chucked a rod.
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[RhynoCZ]

[Nobby the Bastard]

[Copycat73]

[B0ndy]

Another ZXR400 engine destroyed, not really surprising you can't pick a half decent one - the A2 riders have destroyed them all.

You complete donkey, make sure you never do this again.
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[redeem ouzzer]

I don’t believe it suddenly started supping oil. I bet OP never checked it so would have had zero clues it burnt a bit until it made horrible noises and smelt like a foundry.
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