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Normal oil consumption for an LS650 with 2200 mile
08/01/16 at 11:14:11

Hi all,

I have an LS650 with about 2200 miles on it. Took a great vacation trip on it. Traveled about 500 miles, mostly freeway driving. When I got home, I saw that it used a slight amount of oil. The oil filler hole showed that it went from 'full' at the start of the trip to about mid level after coming home. Took about 5 ounces of oil to get it back to 'full' again.

So my question: Would this be normal oil consumption for the bike with this mileage? (I thought I saw somewhere on this website that some oil consumption is normal?)

The bike has been well taken care of following the regular schedule of maintenance. Not over revved, and kept within the normal freeway speed limits. Have used Rotella oil as is recommended on this website.
Open to your thoughts.

Thanks for your help,
Ron G

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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18314 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Normal oil consumption for an LS650 with 2200 Reply #1 - 08/01/16 at 11:21:28 When traveling at interstate speeds...the bike does use oil. Not sure if it goes past the rings....or just blows out the vent tube. You do need to watch the oil level when taking long rides on the interstate.
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youzguyz Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2555 San Antonio, Texas Gender:	Re: Normal oil consumption for an LS650 with 2200 Reply #2 - 08/01/16 at 13:18:41 Freeway speeds will blow some oil out the breather. Like Dave said, just keep an eye on it.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Normal oil consumption for an LS650 with 2200 Reply #3 - 08/01/16 at 17:17:22 When I did an oil change, I could run it hard quite a while, no oil used. After the oil had 1,500 miles on it,run it hard for just a while, used some oil. Oil use varies with how hard you run it And The miles on the oil.
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Normal oil consumption for an LS650 with 2200 Reply #4 - 08/01/16 at 18:32:28 I don't see how mileage on the oil would affect consumption.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Normal oil consumption for an LS650 with 2200 Reply #5 - 08/01/16 at 19:40:35 Shearing of molecules.
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rong Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 120	Re: Normal oil consumption for an LS650 with 2200 Reply #6 - 08/02/16 at 10:42:30 Thanks for the information. Appreciate your responses. Ron G
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29278 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Normal oil consumption for an LS650 with 2200 Reply #7 - 08/02/16 at 10:45:20 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 08/01/16 at 19:40:35: Shearing of molecules. Ouch!...
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Normal oil consumption for an LS650 with 2200 Reply #8 - 08/02/16 at 11:01:30 It'd be interesting to take a known volume of new, cool,15/40 and time it through a small funnel, then the same volume at operating temperature, and compare those findings to oil that came out when the oil got changed. I would expect it would take less time for the hot old oil than the hot new oil.
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stewmills Serious Thumper Offline Imagination is more important than knowledge Posts: 2646 Auburn, AL Gender:	Re: Normal oil consumption for an LS650 with 2200 Reply #9 - 08/02/16 at 11:33:05 Someone (maybe Dave, Versy, Serow) posted a video a few weeks back that showed a similar experiment comparing dino and synthetic and what the flow rate of new versus old/used oil was...I think? Somebody help me here....
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18314 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Normal oil consumption for an LS650 with 2200 Reply #10 - 08/02/16 at 13:19:44 Was me.......supposedly petroleum oil flows slower as it gets dirty, synthetic does too....but not as much. However I do believe JOG is correct....the actual oil molecules become shorter as the oil ages. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYkg0oDUXs8
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Normal oil consumption for an LS650 with 2200 Reply #11 - 08/02/16 at 15:58:33 Do I get a star? Huhh? Huhh? Do I, Do I, huhh? I've never been Right before, not by myself, anyway. Someone Has to tell me how to think, you know,,,
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