GRIZZ BURNING OIL

[BURMAD69]

I HAVE A 05 GRIZZ WITH ABOUT 1070 MILES, ONE OF 7 IN THE FAMILY, STARTED USING OIL, CLEAN AND OIL AIR FILTER AFTER EVERY DUSTY RIDE. MY BROTHER HAS A 03 WITH ABOUT 2000 MILES AND NEEDS TO BE REBUILT BECAUSE OF SCORING, HE MAINTAINS HIS VERY WELL ALSO, OUR DEALER TOLD US YAMAHA KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND HAS ADDRESSED IT ON THE NEW MODELS, BUT WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT ON EARLY MODELS, ANY ONE ELSE HAVING SAME PROBLEMS???

 

[iowagrizz660]

I've never heard of this problem, or at least where its a big problem for a large amount of Grizzly owners.


Just curious but what type of oil do you use?

Also, I know everyone knows that all machines need to be broken gently when new, but it is etremely important if the machine is to last for a long time.

Also it depends on your type of riding, you ride in really think mud or run the engine at high revs for long periods of time will cause a engines life to be short. Of course even if you've sunk the grizzly and the engine took in water you might have dried out the cylinders.

I've even seen one guy going from conventional oil to synthetic oils and back to conventionals have caused short lived engines.

 

[Octane]

I've even seen one guy going from conventional oil to synthetic oils and back to conventionals have caused short lived engines.

Switching from dino oil to synthetics and back is not something you want to be doing very often.
Cap'n

 

[BURMAD69]

I use only Yama-lube, And Im a firm beliver of breaking it in like you normaly ride done this wqith everything i own never had a problem before, besides each grizz has been broken in differently but all use yama-lube, thinking of switching to mobil-1

 

[PEIYAMAHA]

Bought my Grizz new in Dec. Broke it in by the book and noticed it started takeing oil after first service. Enformed my dealer of this and he told me to keep track of how much oil it was using. I did this and every 200km i would have to add 100ml of oil but I thought this might get better.which it didnt. My bike is 4 months out of warrenty with 5000km on it and I got a call from my dealer thursday and he wants me to take my bike down, Yamaha wants to bore it one size over and install a new piston and new type of rings.At no cost to me at all. He said that some Grizzlys burn oil and this is something Yamaha is going to do . I was shocked because I had only talked to my dealer about it once months ago.And the bike is out of warrenty by 4 months

 

[clutch]

You have a good dealer there. Take good care of him.

 

[BURMAD69]

THANKS FOR THE INPUT,GOING TO CHECK WITH MY DEALER TO SEE HOW GOOD HE IS MY WHEELER IS ABOUT 8 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY.

 

[Grizzhopper]

Make sure the oil level isn't just too high.

There are several reasons it can become overfull, even without you doing it.

Sniff it to see if there is either fuel odor or antifreeze coolant odor.

BTW... A common mistake is to screw the dipstick in when checking the oil level. If you do this, oil fill level will not be correct when you get a full indication. The stick will show full when it is really still low.

 

[BURMAD69]

Well I guess my dealer doesnt relly much care about my grizz, I called and talked directly to the owner and he assured me he would check into this and get back to me, Well that was over a week ago with no response. I guess he doesnt appreciate the $150,000 my family and myself have spent there is the last 10 years. Vetesnik Power Sports Richland Center Wisconsin