Oil Level "Growth" Circumvention

[GMAK]

Through my experience, and experiences discussed here, many are
aware of the oil level "growth" issue after an oil change.

I certainly don't have the answer, but I've got a circumvention that I
accidentally stumbled upon. It does not 100% eliminate the growth,

but certainly ******* it to a barely noticeable level.

It's premium grade gas. A few summers ago I began using premium
gas in hopes of gaining a little cooler operation for the hot months.

I began to notice that at my normally short ~2K change interval, that
I hadn't yet filled the entire sight glass. Before the gas grade change,
I would complete an oil/filter change, being very careful to bring the
new oil level to the halfway point of the lower and upper margins. Of
course, this was accomplished after brief run-in to gain a stable oil
level.

As I rode, it would generally take somewhere around 2-2.5K miles
for the initial oil level to expand to, or beyond the full sight glass.

After the gas grade change, that I really just continued throughout
the entire year, my oil level at change time is still very close to the
original midpoint.

YMMV, based on any number of factors. I'm only describing this as
my experience.

Thanks.

 

[ionbeam]

I certainly don't have the answer...I began using premium...in hopes of gaining a little cooler operation for the hot months.

...Before the gas grade change, I would complete an oil/filter change...the initial oil level to expand to, or beyond the full sight glass. After the gas grade change...my oil level at change time is still very close to the original midpoint...

Let's start with premium gas running cooler...

 

[Bungie]

... lets start with a fallacy...

 

[HotRodZilla]

I thought April Fool's day was in April. Sheesh! Seriously??

Thankfully I don't have this mysterious expanding oil syndrome, so I can still use regular gas. Whew!! Lucky miss there.

 

[wheatonFJR]

Just let out the oil through the drain plug.

fixed.

 

[Fred W]

You are reporting expanding oil? Cooler running premium gas? 2k mile oil changes?

On Friday?

Really?

 

[RadioHowie]

 

[gixxerjasen]

Yep, had to check my calendar.

 

[ridernotbiker]

So...you had your bike on the center stand to drain and fill oil...then you went and rode for a few thousand kilos...then you park your bike on the side stand and check the oil sight gage and...shazam! EXPANDED OIL!

Damn, I got the same phenomenum. What brand oil are you using?

 

[Ignacio]

I almost pondered changing the forum to Never-Ending, Pointless, Recurring, What The **** Threads, but since w'd have to start callin g it NEPRWTF...let's just presume it fits here happily in its new home....

Edit: Maybe it suffers from the same time-oil distortion phenomenon you shared with us here. Double WTF! Are you sure your FJR isn't an AE that changes gears 58 times a second Starcruiser?

 

[gixxerjasen]

Damn, I got the same phenomenum. What brand oil are you using?

Gotta be Amsoil. According to users and sellers, only Amsoil is capable of performing such miracles as having more oil rather than less over time.

 

[weekend rider]

I want some of the same stuff he is smoke 'n

 

[900gc]

What form of sorcery is this? Now if I could only get the gas tank to fill more as I drive.

 

[LAF]

WTF? Man what a strange post. Do not even know where to start. Never mind, just don't have the heart.

 

[ionbeam]

Now that Friday has past, I will note that the OP was trying to be helpful. Us crusty old timers helped the OP grow some Forum calluses. Fortunately nobody got on the SEARCH tangent

I did appreciate the paragraphs, punctuation and lack of all caps that some posts by others have had.

As a heads-up, 'premium' a.k.a. high octane gas doesn't burn with a cold fire. The fuel has additives that make it resistant to combustion from elevated pressure in the combustion chamber. As a result 'premium' fuel will not deliver as good mileage or power as regular gas unless burned in an engine that presents the fuel with the pressure and heat it needs to break and recombine the slightly stronger hydrocarbon chains. A nice finish to the post with a sterling run-on sentence.

 

[whataboutbob]

I think this article talks about drilling in Alaska for "expanding oil" https://northof56.com/oil-gas/article/pros-and-cons-of-expanding-oil-drilling-in-alaska WOW,here is another...maybe it's true https://energyoutlook.blogspot.com/2013/05/how-is-expanding-oil-and-gas-production.html

 

[mcatrophy]

!... Are you sure your FJR isn't an AE that changes gears 58 times a second Starcruiser?

Come on, don't exaggerate, it's 55 times a second.

 

[RadioHowie]

!... Are you sure your FJR isn't an AE that changes gears 58 times a second Starcruiser?

Come on, don't exaggerate, it's 55 times a second.

VERY good memory! It WAS 55, not 58...but who's going to quibble about an additional 3 gear changes a minute?

 

[Ignacio]

VERY good memory! It WAS 55, not 58...but who's going to quibble about an additional 3 gear changes a minute?

That's per second....not minute. And, yes...it was 55..not 58. I don't know why I tried to sneak in that extra 1581120 shifts per leap year number. It's a completely different NEPRT fight.