Have a real problem or not,?  Got a great deal on a1999 savage like 700 bucks looks great and all stock with 10,ooo miles.  Rode it home from tenn to Ala. Quiet plenty of power no noise whatsoever. Checked oil in window NONE . Drained and measured oil and it had only 1.2 quarts in case and filter. Installed new k@ n 137 filter and 2 quarts of oil now it sounds like a handful of gravel in the crankase.  Apparently oil has a lot to do with these things. Have spent my whole life building drag cars from frame up to the engines but have never experienced anything like this. Whole nother world . Any suggestions?  Thank you

Rotella 15 w 40.   Drained then tried straight 30 weight. Same noise.Sounds like on left side of bike. Is there a oil pressure tensioner on that chain?

People HAVE gotten the filter on backwards.
It's not impossible that the cam chain tensioner needs attention.
If it sounds that bad,,I'd drain it and look at it.
Am I trAcking right?
It sounds worse after the oil change?

if you can push the oil filter cover all the way home with a single finger, then you got it on right.

That is the cam chain tensioner making noise. My 03 was the same way with fresh Rotella 5W40, sounded like a 2 stroke with a stuck throttle rolling down a boulder field. Valves were set perfectly, yet the top end sounded like someone had thrown a handful of nuts and washers into the bore. Pulled the Versy tensioner from my 98 Savage (which has too many electrical issues to detail right now), installed it in the 03, and ALL the odd noises went away.

If I could get the clutch cover sealed up (gasket ordered Saturday, still hasn't arrived) I'd be riding it. The pair of them would honestly still be in the classifieds though, just too little for where/how I ride.

As far as scrap by 10K miles, that's a bit early, they usually have terminal failures at 25K or better. The Versy mod stops 95% of those losses...

hammer650 wrote on 08/15/14 at 14:09:56:

That's important to know.  Run low on oil and the cam chain doesn't get oiled.
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There is a vendor review thread in the marketplace.
I get good service from partsoutlaw

"Verrrry In tra rest ing",  (said in the voice of, 'Arty', from SNL)

The 97 I am playing with, Looks Real good, (And it is  RED), but had lots of noise,
Felt/Sounded/ thought, it was the CCT.  
Also it was WAY  overfilled with, (PO said, just, MC oil), and he filled it so that little glass was covered, while on the kickstand).  
Checked the CCT,  it was almost out, replaced,
Checked valves, they were, .003 to .006,
Adjusted them, (as best I could with these fat fingers in a tight space)
to .004.   Put it RT3, a once of Redline, started right up. A  LOT less noise, BUT, still more than the 06.

Ginna play with it bit, drive it around a bit, determine if I want to keep it, or sell it next Spring.

But, 'Low Oil',  no noise ?  'Very Interesting".

verslagen1 wrote on 08/15/14 at 18:14:49:

MnSpring wrote on 08/15/14 at 17:44:50:

"Verrrry In tra rest ing",  (said in the voice of, 'Arty', from SNL)

but stupid.
from Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Yes !,  it was, "Laugh In".   LOLOL  
I guess fingers moved to fast for mind.    

OK, back to the regularly scheduled program.   !!!!


And then of course, "Gilda'   "Never Mind"  !!!!!!