wheres the oil leak ???
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04-29-2009, 06:41 AM
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wheres the oil leak ???
ok so i come in from a ride park the bike and low and behold it starts to drip oil back by the kick stand looked everwhere( with out taking of covers) and can not see any sign of oil anyone have an idea where it might be coming from ?? so anyway put towel on floor go to bed get up this AM and no spots of towel amlost thanks dennis
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04-29-2009, 07:39 AM
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04-29-2009, 11:53 AM
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Good question
Good question. I get "lost" in my kitchen, so I too say do not park the bike there... If you do, get a GPS device.
Seems the bike may be leaking while the oil pump is pumping pressurized oil to the system. Might have to flip that clean white towel over so it is clean and white again, then start your bike and see where the oil is coming from (rev it up to get the pump pressure up). If it drips, you will eventually need to take off the plastic to find the leak point. Could be that shift shaft leak as mentioned above so you will have to ride it to find that out. There is one thing you can always depend on when it comes to mechanical things. IF they leak and stop, they will leak worse at the time you don't want them to leak the most (in the middle of the desert!).
Kind of like a plumber letting galvanic corrosion seal up some galvanized piping to a hot water heater. Yes, Steve, I got your number buddy... The galvanized pipe will blow a hole through that corrosion on a 1 degree C mid-night time after your company's Christmas party and you drank too much to find the main shut off valve!!!
In other words, don't believe the oil leak problem went away. It is mechanical and can NOT change its mind, "to leak or not to leak, that is the question"....
Mechanical things don't ask questions.
Seems the bike may be leaking while the oil pump is pumping pressurized oil to the system. Might have to flip that clean white towel over so it is clean and white again, then start your bike and see where the oil is coming from (rev it up to get the pump pressure up). If it drips, you will eventually need to take off the plastic to find the leak point. Could be that shift shaft leak as mentioned above so you will have to ride it to find that out. There is one thing you can always depend on when it comes to mechanical things. IF they leak and stop, they will leak worse at the time you don't want them to leak the most (in the middle of the desert!).
Kind of like a plumber letting galvanic corrosion seal up some galvanized piping to a hot water heater. Yes, Steve, I got your number buddy... The galvanized pipe will blow a hole through that corrosion on a 1 degree C mid-night time after your company's Christmas party and you drank too much to find the main shut off valve!!!
In other words, don't believe the oil leak problem went away. It is mechanical and can NOT change its mind, "to leak or not to leak, that is the question"....
Mechanical things don't ask questions.
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04-29-2009, 06:27 PM
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In other words, don't believe the oil leak problem went away. It is mechanical and can NOT change its mind, "to leak or not to leak, that is the question".... Mechanical things don't ask questions.
Mechanical things don't ask questions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbifrXX2Ltw
This is what I listen to just before I do maintenance on my CBR
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04-29-2009, 07:13 PM
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Yo Steve-O my brother, I think I got lost in thought during that song. Got kind of a little early morning Mind chubby going while listening!!! Even shut my little voice up for a while, while he listened along with me!!! The JD on ice was tilted when I was listening to Welcome to the Machine. I enjoyed the he.ll out of that one Steve. Thank you brother.....
P.S. I would headbutt a Yak to listen to Pink Floyd!!! Must have been a Triceri (f.ck it let's try spelling that again), Triceratops machine (thank God Google knew what I was trying to spell!)???!!
Even shut my little voice up for a while, while he listened along with me!!! The JD on ice was tilted when I was listening to Welcome to the Machine. I enjoyed the he.ll out of that one Steve. Thank you brother.....P.S. I would headbutt a Yak to listen to Pink Floyd!!! Must have been a Triceri (f.ck it let's try spelling that again), Triceratops machine (thank God Google knew what I was trying to spell!)???!!
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