flakes

Hello! (There is a short/TL;DR version at the bottom of the post) At first I'd like to apologize for yet another post about flakes in the oil. I know there are quite a few of these threads and should this one be considered unnecessary I will remove it. :) To the case at hand: I...

Hello, Emptied oil yesterday before pulling left side case off. Tons of metallic flakes in the oil. The magnetic tip on the drain plug was completely covered, and more just suspended in the old oil. I cleaned the oil screen and it too was covered. The two largest pieces I found were about 3mm...

Just started getting a few non Magnectic flakes on the oil screen. Can anyone tell where these could be from ?? And should i start panicking. FE400 e/s 2002. Cheers Bob.

2006 FS 650C Engine has 46 hours and 1706 miles... I changed the oil about 2 hours ago and all was clean... I noticed my base gasket was starting to leak, so I just decided to drain the oil for the hell of it... I found some small flakes on the screen... Any cause for alarm, and is the...

Just done my first oil change on 2002 model FE400 (300 hours) and found chrome flakes on the microfilter. Searched the forum and results seem to imply rocker arm bearings? Can anyone offer any other advice or diagnosis? Thanks Clive

Hi, Got a FE 550 2004 which has very smal copper / bronze scrapes in the oil. Engine has been rebuild recently, and rekluse has been installed about 2 hours (riding) before. Engine also made the wining noise, and clutch slave has been fixed recently. From reading several topics i found 4...

just asked my dealer where all the bronze flakes in my filters come from. he wanted to know the same thing and has had his bike apart to check but got no answers. my bikes done 153 hours but has shed bronze flakes since about 20hours. in the parts listing the only bronze I can see is...

I did my oil change today and found flakes of aluminum on the oil screen. The bike has 30 hours aprox. total. I change the oil every 4-5 hours or after a hard days ride. These flakes are as goes: 3-about .030 across 5-about .020 across about 20-25 .001-.003 in size. Could these be...

Just wanted to post a little info for us guys with older bikes. I just finished ordering a timing chain and gear for a '99 FE400 from Dan at Motoxotica and he told me that the old timing chain gear that was aluminum has been replaced with a steel one. He said that the older aluminum ones are...