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The BSA Workshop => Bantam - pre 1973 => Topic started by: ReubenD3# on 05 Jun, 2025, 07:19

Title: First Bantam
Post by: ReubenD3# on 05 Jun, 2025, 07:19
D3 Major
Starts fine but fills the street with smoke.
I know they are smoky but this is wayyyy bad.
Mix30:1
Removed head- appears to be new +060 piston.
No sooting at all very clean.Plug not fouled.
Bore appears unmarked.
How do I know if previous owner fitted rings correctly? pegs alighted but are the rings  square section or chamfered?
Black burnt  oily residue blew out of exuast joint.
Title: Re: First Bantam
Post by: Stubaker58 on 05 Jun, 2025, 07:58
I'd put it back together and go for a long run!
The smoking should settle down, there's probably a lot of oil in the silencer which will burn off.
Title: Re: First Bantam
Post by: rhyatt on 05 Jun, 2025, 09:42
As Stubaker says,
Just go for a good long run , but be conscious of a clearly rebored cylinder and piston.
Oil to petrol 25 to 1 and basic 2T oil.
It'll clear up on its own
Title: Re: First Bantam
Post by: Allan G on 26 Sep, 2025, 15:12
keep an eye on the gearbox oil level. if it keeps going down then you could have a crank oil seal problem.