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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1338147560 Message started by chad levert on 05/27/12 at 12:39:20 |
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Title: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by chad levert on 05/27/12 at 12:39:20 fixed my leaking cylinder head and plug with some red rtv. im still leaking oil. i THINK i may be leaking from the copper washer for the head bolts, idk. could it leak from there? should i put a little silicone under the washer and let it cure fully before i torque down???? |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by rfw2003 on 05/27/12 at 12:44:58 I just bought my 96' Savage a few weeks ago, and there isn't a drop of oil leaking anywhere on it. I'm guessing the PO fixed the plug oil leak on mine. R.F. |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/27/12 at 12:55:57 Ive never torqued the head, 20,000 miles, only leak Ive had was where the clutch lever passes thru the case, & I put a new O-ring in there when I was in it last. As of now, no leaks,, |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by arteacher on 05/27/12 at 13:13:32 Me. |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by Arizuno on 05/27/12 at 13:29:37 Me 2. |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by Halvor on 05/27/12 at 14:11:53 No leaks. |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by jspace on 05/27/12 at 14:26:11 me3 |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by bill67 on 05/27/12 at 14:36:03 me |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by Starlifter on 05/27/12 at 15:29:11 me |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by Greg on 05/27/12 at 18:31:01 My Savage don't leak, it just marks its territory... |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by verslagen1 on 05/27/12 at 18:37:14 73706A766C767E717E6C7E697E787A1F0 wrote:
Don't think there's an oil passage near those bolts. But an improper seal on the head cover could cause oil to migrate thru the head gasket to any of those bolts. And once oil is in there, ain't going to be easy to stop. http://www.savageriders.com/verslagen/images/Oil%20flow.jpg every savage will leak sooner or later, it's tellin' ya to show some luv and gitrdon before she pisses all over ya. 8-) |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by Paraquat on 05/27/12 at 19:56:40 We have a joke in the car club I'm a member of. I suppose it applies here as well. "If you're not leaking oil that means it's out." --Steve |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by thumperclone on 05/27/12 at 20:09:17 me cept when i lose the speedo cable o ring |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by Boofer on 05/27/12 at 21:28:13 Me |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by renegade1 on 05/27/12 at 21:53:38 mine wont soon!!! the threads in the bottom end to hold this bolt in pulled right out. noticed it started puking while on its stand. I had to get a full gasket kit and since i have not ripped apart a motorcycle yet i have no idea what im doing :-[ seriously need to learn haha but its costing $300 some odd dollars and then it was $140 for the gasket kit. Hopefully getting it back this week!!!!! |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by renegade1 on 05/27/12 at 22:00:39 hopefully i didnt offend you by using your picture, sorry if i did. :-/ |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by Wolfman on 05/27/12 at 22:29:39 No leaks here. Just turned 10,000 miles today though. |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by damiancds on 05/28/12 at 09:16:27 Once I had the head plug fixed, there was some residual oil the shop neglected to clean, so once that was all cleared up, I am now proud to say I am oil free (except for where it's actually supposed to be). |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by Ben aka ubergeek on 05/28/12 at 09:30:41 Mine did when I purchased it 3 years ago. I got the engine gasket set and it still leaked from the speedo cable. Now I found a fix for the speedo cable leak (see http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1336955595). Haven't leaked a drop in the last 1000 miles. Just rolled past 13000 today. Had only 7500 when I bought it. |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by 360k+ on 05/28/12 at 09:49:57 Mine's a 2009 with 7k+ and don't leak anywhere. |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by Digger on 07/27/12 at 20:41:31 Mine (see my signature block) currently has 12,400 miles on it. No oil leaks or weeps anywhere...perfectly tight at the moment. But, I keep waiting for the next one. In the past, I've had the head plug leak, the speedo cable leak, and the big starter o-ring leak. I also had a valve cover weep once when I boofed the torque sequence. Nothing for the last 2200 miles, though (KOW...twice!). |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by SaVaGeEaRL on 07/27/12 at 21:42:43 All I had was the plug leak at 7000 miles. Fixed it and nice and dry since with just over 11,000 miles on my 2001. |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by tizzyfit on 07/28/12 at 02:09:15 6A6F6863646E0D0 wrote:
EXCELLENT! ;D ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by J C Stokes on 07/28/12 at 03:35:27 9300 miles, 2 months to go on factory warranty doesn't leak yet, waiting to lose factory warranty. |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by ToesNose on 07/28/12 at 04:45:53 No leaks, just miles of smiles :) |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by WD on 07/28/12 at 05:18:03 Leaks like a rusted out sieve. Head plug, clutch arm passage, starter area, wiring from the alternator, fork seals... Has leaked since day one. It's a Suzuki (lowest QC of the Japanese makers) knock-off of old British singles. Not unexpected. The GS750T I used to ride down here leaked worse. I just keep an eye on the oil level and top off when needed. Nothing brake cleaner won't take off. In 10 years the forks only leaked out a 1/4 cup combined (maybe). If I run synthetic the crankcase is dry (empty) in a couple hours, if I run regular old oil it only leaks out a cup or so in a couple thousand miles. Adds character. |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by Haggis on 07/28/12 at 05:27:25 Me! 1996, 14000miles, not if you don't count fork seals ;D Oh wait they've been fixed now too :D |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by Routy on 07/28/12 at 05:37:33 Me,....7K and thats w/ the oil level midway the marks "on the sidestand" |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by teabowl13 on 07/28/12 at 13:45:13 I bought mine last Fall; 1994 with 12,000 miles. No leaks yet, but then I haven't gotten it running yet either. Does that count? ::) |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by gerald.hughes on 07/28/12 at 13:49:53 Mine has almost 43K on it, and while it does burn a little oil at speed, it doesn't leak a drop. |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by Badass94Cad on 07/28/12 at 14:15:14 1322312232362237430 wrote:
The quote we used when I was into Mopars was "fill the oil and check the gas." :P :-/ My savage doesn't leak [knocks on wood]. |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by MarcosS40 on 07/28/12 at 16:55:36 6E7D6A6B74797F7D7629180 wrote:
Don't think there's an oil passage near those bolts. But an improper seal on the head cover could cause oil to migrate thru the head gasket to any of those bolts. And once oil is in there, ain't going to be easy to stop. every savage will leak sooner or later, it's tellin' ya to show some luv and gitrdon before she pisses all over ya. 8-)[/quote] "Don't hit me with those negative waves Moriority" It's a mother lovin beautiful motorcycle and it won't leak oil." :) I bought mine used about 2 months ago with 21,312 miles on the clock. Have put about 900 miles on it since and have not seen a drop of oil. Either the po was righteous about maintaining his ride, or I got a Cherry. (opposite of a lemon?) Lucky either way! |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by Dj12midnit on 07/28/12 at 18:06:40 Got 30000+ on the 2006 Just did a 2000 mile ride and the oil level was the same when I got back as it was when I left. |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by RC on 07/28/12 at 21:00:49 Me 7, I think I counted right 10800 miles, no leaks. |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by royblueboy on 07/28/12 at 21:34:43 me 8 |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by SuperSavage on 07/28/12 at 22:28:33 2006 with no leaks in sight! |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by Dave on 07/29/12 at 12:40:24 My 2007 isn't leaking! |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by 87 savage on 07/29/12 at 17:21:15 Wifes 2008 doesn't leak w/1500 miles nor does my 87 w/17000 miles. |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by ralfyguy on 07/29/12 at 18:54:04 My '06 had several leaks. Head cover by the spark plug - gooped it from the outside with high temp silicone, fixed. Front upper cylinder to head nut - cleaned stud and nut and put lots of loctite on the stud and fastened the nut, fixed. Crankcase clutch side cover near the front of the cylinder - After four failed attempts with new gaskets, on the fifth one I put some additional hi temp silicone in that area, fixed. Head gasket in area of the L125 bolt, due to being stripped by previous owner/shop - Ordered the other L130 bolt that goes next to it and filed the tip to act like a tap and cut it down 5mm deeper in the cylinder and fastened it, fixed Everything had been bone dry since about a year, now the clutch lever shaft let's oil seep out on higher speed highway runs. I probably just keep wiping it off, unless it gets way worse, because I really don't want to have five more attempts to get the clutch cover sealed correctly AND I really don't wanna see what the tensioner looks ;) like after verslagen's plunger mod in second Bole and 6,000 miles later. I'm just afraid...I just wanna ride. :) |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by Digger on 08/05/12 at 21:22:05 7D6E636976687A760F0 wrote:
Oh yeah! I had that one too. I put Permatex Ultra Copper RTV Silicone Gasket sealant on the threads and torqued the nut to spec. End of problem.... |
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Title: Re: does anyone own a savage that doesnt leak oil? Post by 87 savage on 08/06/12 at 02:23:01 39376C6F3034393334295D0 wrote:
Dj12midnit, a 2000 mile ride? darn that is awesome. You must have been on vacation cause that's a whole lot of riding. I've often thought about taking off like that. How long did it take? Gotta have a good seat? Any problems with the bike? Where did you go? Sorry for all the questions, but a 2000 mile ride sounds like quite an adventure |
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