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Title: Kawasaki ZG1000 service troubles
Post by: Scooter01 on August 09, 2021, 02:48:34 PM

I have a 2006 Concourse ZG 1000, I’ve had it for 2 years.
My question I have is: every time I take it for an oil change it ends up running really bad and twice I was talked into a carb rebuild to get all cylinders to fire.
Anyone have any ideas or experience?

Title: Re: Kawasaki ZG1000 service troubles
Post by: DC Concours on August 09, 2021, 03:00:16 PM

Did they overfill the case with oil? Did they drain from both drain holes?

Title: Re: Kawasaki ZG1000 service troubles
Post by: Daytona_Mike on August 09, 2021, 05:08:04 PM

 Did this just happen recently.  It was running well and now its running bad?   From an oil change??
What does your sight glass show?  Are the same people rebuilding your carbs  the  same people changing the oil?
I would say... Don't take it there anymore. 

Title: Re: Kawasaki ZG1000 service troubles
Post by: Boomer on August 10, 2021, 04:31:57 AM

Chances are they are overfilling it, then the excess oil gets sprayed out of the crankcase breather into the airbox, where it is clogging up the air filter.
Take the air filter out and clean all the oil out of the airbox, then clean and re-oil the air filter, and it'll run fine.
Oh, and as Mike said, don't take it there any more.  ;D
If you absolutely have to take it there, tell them no more than 3 litres if they change the oil filter, and no more than 2.7 litres without changing the filter.

Title: Re: Kawasaki ZG1000 service troubles
Post by: m in sc on August 10, 2021, 10:01:10 AM

find a new shop, your current one sucks. .02

Title: Re: Kawasaki ZG1000 service troubles
Post by: DC Concours on August 10, 2021, 12:19:57 PM

Try doing the oil change on your own and see if this happens again!