Valve adjust/checks - dealer or not

[IRULE]

I need to get on the "valve cover gasket leak" warranty gravy train!  How did you know your valve cover gasket is leaking?  It's pretty hard to see inside unless I take the covers off. Thanks.

Most likely ship it to the dealer.......I'm hope my vc leaks when I'm ready for valve adj.   

[Jeremy Mitchell]

I had all my fairings off when I spotted the oil seepage what I had been smelling for the previous month or two. 

[jjnorc]

I just noticed white smoke. Just a little bit, once the exaust manifold heated up. Took off the skins and sure enough the front of the cylinders are wet with oil.

Warranty is up next month so I'll be calling Cherry Hill Kawi this week to get it in.

[voileauciel]

I just noticed white smoke. Just a little bit, once the exaust manifold heated up. Took off the skins and sure enough the front of the cylinders are wet with oil.

Warranty is up next month so I'll be calling Cherry Hill Kawi this week to get it in.

How are they in Cherry Hill? I'm up in North Brunswick and was considering buying from them, as I know a few other people who bought Kawis there and all had good experiences. Is there servicing decent? Do they charge out the wazoo?

[basmntdweller]

Re: Cherry Hill,
I can't speak as to their service dept but I bought my '09 there last August. Found it on Ebay and made the trip over to pick it up. Pretty decent people to deal with IMO.

Matt

[dolomoto]

A local mechanic here in Savannah marks the valve cover in some way just in case a customer claims a valve inspection wasn't done.

When I did mine last year, I put my initials and mileage with a permanent marker inside the valve cover (who knows if it will be there next time?).

For comparison, one of the local Kawasaki dealers cannot possibly do valve inspections. Not only do they not have the proper shims, they do not have a micrometer. Many shims markings are unreadable, in these cases a micrometer is necessary to determine the thickness so the proper calculation can be made to get the proper clearance.

When asked, the mechanic simply said "I haven't needed a micrometer in 3 years".

Either he's very good at guessing differences of .00x" or he's a knucklehead who is charging customers for work that is not performed.

YMMV.

[jjnorc]

How are they in Cherry Hill? I'm up in North Brunswick and was considering buying from them, as I know a few other people who bought Kawis there and all had good experiences. Is there servicing decent? Do they charge out the wazoo?

Service Department is good. Can't say about charges because the leak was covered under warrantee. I did ask for a quote to Sync the throtle bodies, spark plugs and Valve check/adjust while they were in there and they said $600+. I said "no thanks".
I usually do my own maintenance and only took it in for the leak because it was covered.

I still want to take it appart to see if everything was put back correctly.