myronmathis
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I have a 2011 RSS and it seems to me that it uses a lot of oil and it doesn't get the MPG (35-42MPG) that I was sold on. Does anyone have these issues?
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Oil Usage
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wyliec
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I have a 2008 GS SM5 and get around 31 mpg. The mpg I get is around average and will vary on your driving habits.
What is a lot of oil? I was down about a quart from my last oil change, which was 3500 miles ago.
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35 - 42 MPG?
It would be rare to get 35 MPG on any Spyder, but not impossible. Dang near impossible to get 42 MPG, and I would say who ever told you this lied. My guess was the salesman that said it.
It would be rare to get 35 MPG on any Spyder, but not impossible. Dang near impossible to get 42 MPG, and I would say who ever told you this lied. My guess was the salesman that said it.
35 Is doable, If you don't ride over 55 on the highway, 42 Is done with fuzzy math... As far as using a lot of oil, How much does yours use.??
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BikerDoc
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Sorry but I don't buy this.. I have 65000 Spyder miles including 32000 on my 2012 Rt LTD.. I ride like hell is chasing me and need the elka shocks that allow me to take 30 mile per hours curves at 60. I have never had to add oil between changes on either of my bikes.
wyliec
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How many miles between oil changes? Did your oil level stay constant between changes?
I would say you're the exception and not the rule regarding the engine not using any oil at all, if that is what you're saying.
Bob Ledford
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Oil Consumption
ALL internal combustion engines will consume some oil as it is the nature of the beast. It will improve with age. Same thing with gas mileage. At firśt it stinks then it just smells!
ALL internal combustion engines will consume some oil as it is the nature of the beast. It will improve with age. Same thing with gas mileage. At firśt it stinks then it just smells!
BikerDoc
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3000 miles originally and then 4600 once the new filter came out.. never down more than half a quart at change time
MikeinGA
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I live in Mt Airy, Ga. and I had the same problem my 2011 RSS. First of all your getting oil in your air box and the stock paper filter now has oil on it and that's not good. The oil comes from the engine vent, that the hose that goes from the rear cylinder head to the air box, and puts dirty oil into the throttle body and that not good. I have a list some were that all the things I did to solve the problem and get better gas mileage. The best gas mileage was 44.6 mpg and I average 38 mpg. PM me and let me know if you want the list. Were do you live in Ga. If your close I can show what I did.
Mike
Silvervette05
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I'am the same 08, sm5, I love it.
myronmathis
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Hey it will be a few weeks before I can ride again, my engine locked and I am waiting on BRP to send the new engine. Maybe the new engine wont burn the oil and gas like the locked engine did. I live in Loganville, Ga. where is Mt. Airy?
SpyderAnn01
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A very intelligent technician from BRP talked about the oil usage and said that if you typically ride your Spyder on short trips say under a 100 miles at a time you will not consume as much oil as someone who takes theirs on long trips where the Spyder is ridden for several hundred miles in a day. So someone like Hal (BikerDoc) who rides a lot but usually 100 - 200 miles in a day will use less oil then I do as my trips are usually 400 to 600 miles in a day. I generally use a quart of oil between changes.
Tierhog
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Can't prove this, but I've seen a few filling oil level to max instead of midline and that appears to push that extra oil to the airbox. Owner responds by refilling to maximum only to find more oil in airbox and oil level below max.
I target the center of the dipstick between min and max. No oil loss or oil in airbox
I target the center of the dipstick between min and max. No oil loss or oil in airbox
:agree: Most manufacturers, Recommend keeping the oil level midway on the dipstick and only add oil when the level is at the low mark.., I know the last 3 bikes I have says that in the manual.. And the oil doesn't necessarily end up in the air box , It will go through the throttle bodys and be burnt up..
bobnaquin
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I have put 62,000 miles on these things. MPG is roughly 30 miles per gallon depending on how you drive, how you calculate, whether you use ethanol blend. Oil consumption is about 1 qt every 5,000 miles. I would guess a significant portion of this goes up through your air cleaner and gets burned with intake air or it leaks out of the bottom of the engine. Both of these numbers will suffer if you drive really really hard.
It gets burnt before it can get to the air filter...
Just to add the throttle body's are down stream from the air filter...
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bobnaquin
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You are correct. I should have said, "air box". I date myself with saying air cleaner.
blambert
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Just came back from a 3000 mile road trip from AZ to Oregon coast and back where I was doing anywhere between 300 and 500 miles per day. Lots of high speed running in the twists and curves chasing my BMW friends on my 2011 RS. Checked oil every day - found that every other day I was halfway or at the low level mark. Stopped by a Can Am dealership in Portland OR and their Ace tech shared that the Spyders will consume oil on long runs each day. He told me for checking the oil, run the bike for about 1 minute then check dipstick. Put stick in without threading and a full oil reading is halfway between the full and low mark. I have found that on my long daily runs runs at high speed, hammering the SE5 I will consume oil.
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