Well... That was fun

[royced57]

Got my 93 GS out of winter storage and it started up quite nicely.  To start it, I set the fuel selector switch on "Prime".

Can anyone guess what happened next...?

Yep.  Let it sit for a week on "Prime".  It got cold again here in Iowa.  And what I thought was a renewed oil leak from some unidentified lower gasket turned out to be about 1/2 oil and 1/2 gas.

But when I started it up for the day before yesterday, I didn't know that.  Fuel/oil came bubbling out of the upper rear left crankcase gasket.  Very scary.

So, I did some Googling and found the problem.  Went to the local motorcycle shop and bought a filter, o-ring and 3 quarts of oil

Draining the pan was worthy of an environmental impact statement.  Fuel/oil cam pouring out.  It poured... and poured... and poured.  Overflowed my collection pan and all over my garage floor.

Stopped eventually.  Changed the filter - when I took the filter cover off another 1/2 cup of oil/fuel spewed out.  Put the drain plug back in.  Put in 3 quarts of oil and...

It started up in a second.  What a great design.

Going to be 64 degrees F. on Saturday.  I'm going to get to go for a ride.  Whoo-hoo!

[madjak30]

you're lucky...that could have ended in a seized engine...

Later.

[Twisted]

I think you are the 100th person to officially do this. Grats 

[JAY W]

Should only happen if your float/valve seat o`ring is messed up,worth looking into.(perhaps not if left on sidestand)

[royced57]

Yeah... it was on the sidestand.