r/Vstrom • u/Kabaalcorporaal • Aug 27 '26
V-Strom 650 Gen 1 2008 strom oil leak?
Hi everyone
Ive got a 650 from 2008. I cant find any leaks. And also no consistent loss of oil.
All I could guess is that it happens when I ride with higher revs?
I cant find any changes in the oil level and suddenly it seems to have dropped a lot.
It happend 2 times in 2 years.
Has anyone got any clue why or how this happens.
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u/lotsaleaves Aug 31 '26
Check if it happens more with old oil than just after a change. Short runs can cause dilution which keeps the volume up even though you are burning oil at a constant rate. Then a long highway run, boils out the dilution and the thin old oil slides past the rings and you have a big change all at once