Odd low-oil clanking noise..

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Odd low-oil clanking noise..

Postby BruteForce » Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:00 pm

I just put 40 miles on my 2005 Brute Force 750i, after getting it back from the service department. Services performed:

- Replace rear (left side) axle
- Rebuild carb, re-jet for altitude and new air cleaner
- Oil change and filter

After riding that 40 miles, we were going down a grated dirt road, doing about 30mph (it was running just great up to that point), when I started losing power and heard what sounded like lifters banging due to low oil.

Oddly, the Oil indicator light never came on.

Decided not to risk it, so I had the wife tow me back to camp (oh the shame of it!).

Upon inspecting the oil level, it appeared to be full, but very black (and dirty), so the shop may not have changed the oil after all.

On Monday, I intend to drain the oil and refill with 10w40 Synthetic Mobile-1 and install a new filter.

I'm hoping its nothing worse than just broken down oil.

Anybody else have this issue? I just find it odd that I had a fairly significant loss of power coupled with the clanking and am hopeful its nothing more serious.

Any tips on oil type and/or suggestions will be appreciated.

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Postby FishaHallic » Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:38 pm

At least your quad had oil in it, last ride I took I lost all the oil :oops: , but $2400. later and it should be all fixed ](*,) . It does not sound like yours could be that bad. I would not take any chances with it though, that is what I did and it ended up costing me.

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Postby BruteForce » Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:45 pm

Well, Fish.. Seems I'm going to blow out your spend on ATV repair:

Well, my service center called me again today and my repair is now exceeding an additional $1000 in repairs and could be upwards of $2000.


In addition to last month's damage $800 (rear axle, carb. rebuild, oil), now we're looking at:

- Bent piston (crank) and possibly other damage due to losing a bearing
- Re-shim clutch and replace belt
- Cam chains replacement

ARGH! I could've bought another ATV with what I'm spending these past two months!
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Postby FishaHallic » Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:56 pm

Quick, before anyone else sees this, remove this thread. This group is brutal and I mean brutal.

Good luck
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Postby d2photo » Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:03 pm

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Postby FishaHallic » Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:10 pm

Sorry Brute, I tried to warn you.
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Postby BruteForce » Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:13 pm

Let me throw more fuel (or is it oil) on the fire. I'm now up to $2900 in repairs since it seems the crank and rods require replacement! ](*,) #-o :thumbsdown:

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Postby d2photo » Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:22 pm

at this point - it might be a good idea to take a class in ATV repair :shock:

something to cheer you up..

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Postby DAVE » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:50 pm

Why did this happen????? how many miles / hours do you have on the machine.

what gives :?: :?: :?:
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Postby BruteForce » Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:13 am

DAVE wrote:Why did this happen????? how many miles / hours do you have on the machine.

what gives :?: :?: :?:
No idea on why.. Service techniician indicates it could have been the oil (which they last changed) and Kawasaki indicates they've seen a few of these now.

As for hours/miles: ~450 hours and ~4500 miles thus far. It's a 2005.

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Postby Ken » Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:49 pm

Dang! That's an impressive bill. You are welcome here.....in the land of $$$ major repairs. Come...and drink from the cup of Credititus...where the river cantaffordit runs through.
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Postby BruteForce » Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:59 am

Ken wrote:Dang! That's an impressive bill. You are welcome here.....in the land of $$$ major repairs. Come...and drink from the cup of Credititus...where the river cantaffordit runs through.
:lol: :lol: :lol:

But.. :cry: :cry: :cry: I need to dig up another $2k to pay for this thing. eBay is going to get a ton of stuff over the weekend! :D

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Postby Elheffe24 » Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:17 pm

Sorry to hear about that Brute Force, try getting the dealer (stealer) or Kawi to help out a little bit. $3000.00 is a good down on an 08.
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Postby BruteForce » Sat May 10, 2008 7:27 am

Update: After well over a month in service, I hope to get my quad back today.

$2700 in repairs:

- Chains
- Belt
- Valves
- 1 x Cylinder
- Plugs
- Oil
- Engine dip
- Labor to tear-down

Guess where my economic stimulus rebate is going? We got $1800 on Friday from Uncle Sam.


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