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Message started by pradeepa on 09/19/08 at 13:48:58

Title: Cylinder Gasket?
Post by pradeepa on 09/19/08 at 13:48:58

I am pretty sure my cylinder gasket is blown, but I am not quite sure what would cause this. I can replace it with the aid of the clymer manual, but I am not sure what could have caused this. It is a 2001 Savage with 10k, I have owned it for 2 years. Is it just a wear and tear issue or is it a technical thing? Is there anything I need to look out for when changing the gasket? Attached is a picture... any feedback would help.

Title: Re: Cylinder Gasket?
Post by Oldfeller on 09/19/08 at 14:23:18

You need to put your picture on photobucket or someplace like that and put a link so we can go have a look at it. The "attach a photo" feature of this list got filled up like a year ago and hasn't worked since.

Sight unseen, unless you have a strong whistling sound or hot exhaust blatting out of the gasket area, I bet you just have a seal leak and some oil that looks "gasket-like" that isn't coming from the gasket.

Look immediately above the acorn nuts on your exhaust pipe to head junction and you will see the offending seal.

Title: Re: Cylinder Gasket?
Post by pradeepa on 09/19/08 at 15:14:15

http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/pganhewa/IMG_2058.jpg
It is actually spurting oil from the area where the gasket looks blown. Let me know what you think, and what may have caused it. thanks!

Title: Re: Cylinder Gasket?
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/19/08 at 22:05:08

What a bummer. Yea, it's poking out.. any chance it got seriously overfilled with oil?

Title: Re: Cylinder Gasket?
Post by Oldfeller on 09/19/08 at 23:21:14

Never seen a base gasket at the bottom of the barrel blown before. Got me as to what did that sort of thing, I can't even make a guess.

Looks like you got a motor removed total head-barrel tear down coming at you just to get to the area affected.

Title: Re: Cylinder Gasket?
Post by verslagen1 on 09/19/08 at 23:35:17

clogged breather?

Title: Re: Cylinder Gasket?
Post by Oldfeller on 09/20/08 at 04:02:57

I can't see that much pressure inside the cases -- it would blow one of the many lesser supported case gaskets before it took out the cylinder base gasket.

How about an overtorque of the main engine studs to the point a softened base gasket squished out of place?

What would soften a rubberized paper gasket to that degree though?

Title: Re: Cylinder Gasket?
Post by pradeepa on 09/20/08 at 06:54:12

the only thing is I haven't done any work to the bike besides changing the battery, plug, and seat. So I don't know about overtorquing, are there any precautions when taking apart the whole assembly?

Title: Re: Cylinder Gasket?
Post by Digger on 11/27/08 at 20:29:59

I'm just curious. I've not had the jug off of mine (see signature), but could a leak in this location be caused by the cylinder head nuts not being torqued properly?

They are supposed to be torqued every 3500 miles.

Title: Re: Cylinder Gasket?
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 11/27/08 at 21:56:58

I have over 19,000 miles on mine. The head has never been retorqued.No problems.

Title: Re: Cylinder Gasket?
Post by mick on 11/27/08 at 22:28:35

557876767463110 wrote:

Good point Digger, after he gets the head over off it will be interesting to see if they are all still tight.
A short time ago I took my head off just for the heck of it,I had no leaks and no problems,I had time to kill ,so I thought I would take a peak at the innards, I was suprised to find two or three nuts not as tight as I would like,the the head bolts were very tight,but two on the head cover ,and one of the engine mounting bolts was not very tight.
so vibration does play a part.In the future I will make it a point to do a walk about with a wrench.