The only good thing about your situation is you’re still on warranty.welp ... add yet another thread to the ever growing list
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2019 BMW K1600B Grand America - Exhaust White Smoke...
Hello all! I want to report my experience with the dreadful white smoke issue that is already reported many times in the forum. I rode my 2019 BMW K1600B Grand America to a restaurant around 15 miles away from home. After around 1h30m sitting on its side stand, I returned home. Part of my...www.k1600forum.com
Blue smoke
I had blue smoke at cold start and when accelerating. Started to get worried rings etc ££££ $$$$$ :surprise: Checked the tube with the plug on it behind the cover with the 6. 330 ml oil 200ml water and a bunch of mayo. Need to test but hoping it was just that.K1600 GTL - excessive smoke
Hi all I have a 2012 K1600 GTL which has recently started blowing excessive amounts of mostly white smoke intermittently. The first time was 6 days ago. I had been for a 30ish mile city ride in light evening traffic with a pillion. Dropped the pillion home and then it started smoking. For...K1600 blew out white smoke, all cooling fluid gone in 60...
Strange moment to subscribe I guess, just when my beloved K1600 has decided to play chimney. But this forum came accross my path in searching for answers as to the cause of my bike suddenly crash with not any sign previously that it was about to go bad. Maybe others can provide information, or...White smoke from exhaust
Let me start by saying I used Amsoil 10w40 in my bike then a couple of weeks ago I tried the Amsoil 0w40 and noticed white smoke at start up and on acceleration it created a white cloud. Dumped the oil and refilled it with BMW 05w40 and it seemed fine. Today I went to go for a ride and on start...the dreaded exhaust smoke cloud issue
I've just got home from a shortish (90km return) ride and about 3kms from home accelerated firmly up a short steep hill and got a thick cloud of exhaust smoke. I kept watch for the remaing couple of kms and evry hill produced greater and lesser smoke clouds. Arriving home, I was manouvering the...Blackish smoke
I was riding home yesterday, wife following in 4 runner...and she said every time I gassed the bike, a puff of dark smoke came out of exhaust... I was thinking a bike like this shouldn't produce anything visible from exhaust...am I wrong? Any thoughts? I'm riding a 2015 GT, with 10,000...K1600GT SE 2019 - blowing white smoke out of exhausts...
Hi All - would really appreciate your help / advice on whether any other members have experienced the same problem as described in the title? I took my bike in for an annual service 2 weeks ago, 4,600 miles from new, running perfectly well on the way to the dealer. Following the service, 6...Heavy Smoke out of both exhausts
I have a 2012 K1600 GTL with approx 18300 miles. On my way to work last week it started smoking bad out of the exhaust pipes. In a 20 miles I lost about 2 quarts of oil. I take it to the dealer on Wed but wondered if any body has any ideas? Victor.
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Forum Consensus: Piston Ring-land cracks, White Smoke...
Forum Consensus Poll: Piston Ring-land cracks, White Smoke, airbox hose, SW Update Sirs, I've read several posts of "None", "Belvuebill", "MNneBlett", "SkipperDan", "BionicDan", " as well as KCMO Steve and Vandledog, as they have struggled with the cracked piston ring lands and the...
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now my story
I bought the 2018 used in early 2021 with a tad less than 14,000 miles on it. About 4 months after I bought it, I added the BrenTune. Rode about 15K miles in the first year, and the rest of miles brings the story current with the mileage being 34378.
I am not a DIYer so the dealer (not an actual BMW dealer) does all the maintenance / service on schedule. The dealer in question is RideNow - the location doing the service is the Chandler location because that is where the Euro technicians are for the Phoenix metro area.
Few more data points
Prepaid maintenance for 6 services or March 2025 which ever comes first
Extended warranty unlimited mileage and March 2024.
so yes the 16K was done as well as the 32K and oil changes in there when needed. Minor recall work on the rear shock; transmission not impacted by recall.
About 7 weeks ago I was prepping for my big summer ride - this year was supposed to be to the East coast and back a brisk 6K miles door to door.
So I timed the oil change and the 32K service to coincide and took it in. Things were fine. Rode the bike to Joshua Tree and back.. no problems.
We are now about a month ago.
Back home about a week later, ride to the office (normally work from home) and it was an uneventful 20 minute ride. Parked it. Went to lunch at a nearby pizza spot, came out started it up and a brief puff of exhaust came and went. I didnt think much of it, plenty of vehicles in parking lot and truck starting right next to me. I rode from the pizza spot to my friends house about another 20 minutes away. Hung out for a couple of hours. Started the bike, no problem, back home I head. Now Im about 35 40 minutes from the house.
Traffic starts to build about 20 minutes from the house, so it is starting to become stop and go. About 3 miles from this spot I start seeing thick exhaust from the bike in my rear view mirror. NOw it could have been there previously but with traffic slowing, I was really checking the mirrors. Stop and go traffic is now a thing on the interstate, and Im sitting in a very thick cloud of exhaust. Panic hits. But the bike seems to be running and I still have power. I get to the shoulder and unfortunately no exit in sight. I ride the shoulder passing the stopped traffic , not fast, but surely also not stopped. The house is now like 10 miles away. I limp it home, the exhaust thickness varies but much thicker than anything Ive ever seen before.
Park it, kick it in the tire - stupid BMW.
Next morning call the dealer and make an appointment, they are a week out before I can get a slot - that would be 2 weeks before Im supposed to leave. Setup the appointment and start reading all the horror stories here.
Day 1 diag started; about what looks to be a quart of oil in the air box; asked if I recently had dropped the bike
Day 2 - 6 not much from them; excuses about 2 techs leaving, backup; you know the drill
Day 10 - finally get them to state it "needs valves" and the secondary switching valve went bad
a bunch of hassle with warranty and more delays
fast forward day 34 - bike is back home
parts list / invoice
6 hours of diagnoses and maybe tear down
13717712317 - air filter replaced
11737672759 - valve x 6
11127674654 - rubber bushing x 12
11127728760 - gasket set, cylinder head
5w40 - 430222 castrol 5w40 synthetic
11737694376 - switching valve, secondary
3.9 hours replace valves
oil change
they billed warranty 2622.67; I paid 0
oddly no mention of spark plugs or a new oil filter
welp there you go, a win for warranty and me wondering why I bought a BMW and if I'll keep it past March 2024.
oh the big ride? Now scheduled for July 10 -- should be nice and hot / humid. Original departure date scheduled May 1st.
But yeah, the inconvenience and time wasted on these K1600 oil burners is definitely not what should be expected from a touring bike. I remember years ago I said this was getting out of hand, and others called me out on it saying they were just isolated incidents, and that far and wide K1600’s are solid bikes. The oil burning threads would say otherwise.
Hope your issue is solved.
I give it 2 weeks (or less) until someone else posts about an oil burning issue.
