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Message started by raydawg on 10/10/15 at 14:06:39

Title: What am I looking at?
Post by raydawg on 10/10/15 at 14:06:39

Doing some maintenance on the gal for my winter riding and I noticed this small leak. It shows in front, but has never leaked enough to even drip off the cooling fins.
Can I just snug up that one bolt, or ?

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm288/eddy-haskell/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpshluwv8kb.jpeg (http://s299.photobucket.com/user/eddy-haskell/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpshluwv8kb.jpeg.html)

Thank you wizards( in advance ) ;D

Title: Re: What am I looking at?
Post by verslagen1 on 10/10/15 at 14:43:13

very hard place to discern a leak.
probably the rtv under the cover though.

I'd clean it up run around the block then check it.

Title: Re: What am I looking at?
Post by raydawg on 10/10/15 at 15:22:03

Thanks buddy, I cleaned it up pretty good, going to take my compressor and blow the debris back outta vent in came in from, goodness, a lot of crud gets in there. However, it is storming sumtin ugly right now, so, I will wait till some clearing.
Got the exhaust off too, I have 20 thou on it already, is the exhaust port suppose to be sooty?
I will post a picture on my computer, on my phone right now, but I am thinking too rich?

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm288/eddy-haskell/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsspbkbi9u.jpeg (http://s299.photobucket.com/user/eddy-haskell/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsspbkbi9u.jpeg.html)

Will pull the plug and have a look to, but that will be tomorrow, I don't want to chance anything getting in the opening until I blow it out.

Haven't looked at the filter yet, but its been 10 grand or more since I changed the plug and air filter. Have never fooled with the fuel mixture, it is still plugged.

Thanks!

Title: Re: What am I looking at?
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/10/15 at 17:35:13

Since you've been blowing junk around, be sure to blow the crud out from around the plug before you pull it.
Yeah, sooty, like the inside of the pipe.
You've checked the cam chain tensioner,hopefully..

Title: Re: What am I looking at?
Post by Dave on 10/10/15 at 17:42:20

Yep, the exhaust gets sooty....nothing looks weird about that to me. I believe the new fuels also don't do the same thing in the exhaust that our old "real gasoline" used to. If we had seen a white valve in the old leaded fuel days.....we would have panicked. Now a white exhaust valve is normal.

The amount of soot and color has a lot to do with how you were riding just before you shut it off. If you had been on the interstate for a couple hours - the exhaust would look a lot different than after a trip to the end of the block and back.

Title: Re: What am I looking at?
Post by raydawg on 10/10/15 at 21:41:35

405F595E43447545754D5F53182A0 wrote:

Yep, did a Versy bout 10 M, that was when I changed the plug and air filter last too.
I will clean that area out super good before I pull the plug boss, honest ;D

Title: Re: What am I looking at?
Post by raydawg on 10/10/15 at 21:49:53

417A7760717D66607B737E61120 wrote:

Thanks Dave, I feel better now, whew...
My commute is 10 minutes w/ top speed in the 50's for maybe half of it, then a 30 minute ferry ride where the engine cools rather quickly, then about 10 more minutes on the other side, w/ 50 being tops.
This is about 90% of the mileage the bike has.

She runs great, all its BF'ing and such, heck, it wouldn't be a thumper if it was quite ;D

Title: Re: What am I looking at?
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/10/15 at 22:34:34

With the cam, jets, Supertrapp,with fourteen disks, gutted header,K AND N air filter, I could ride through the hospital zone or by horses and riders, no backfiring, even changing gears. But, when it was Ricky Roadracer time, it grumbled and snarled in downshift deceleration, but backfiring was controllable, except for shutdown, it was gonna make some kinda noise, just a whoof, or, maybe a POW,,
but if it's backfiring a lot, you're leaking exhaust or needs the carb tuned, something isn't right.

Title: Re: What am I looking at?
Post by raydawg on 10/10/15 at 22:46:16

786761667B7C4D7D4D75676B20120 wrote:

Not a lot JOG, and I can control if need be, but too, I can get her to sound off ;D
My biggest compliant is the belt noise, I think she bunches up on top of the pulley, from back pressure, as you decelerate....
I am going to fiddle with tension some more, I think too much twist might be the culprit as the belt begins to stretch ever so little.

Title: Re: What am I looking at?
Post by raydawg on 10/11/15 at 16:02:07

The plug was burning right, had that light brown tint.
The one bolt was loose when compared to the one toward the front, maybe about 5 ft/lbs, or so, I took it to the approx same torque as the front.....
Hope that seals the leak.