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Cylinder Gasket?
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.

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Re: Cylinder Gasket?
Reply #1 - 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.

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pradeepa YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 8	Re: Cylinder Gasket? Reply #2 - 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!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Cylinder Gasket? Reply #3 - 09/19/08 at 22:05:08 What a bummer. Yea, it's poking out.. any chance it got seriously overfilled with oil?
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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12671 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: Cylinder Gasket? Reply #4 - 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.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Cylinder Gasket? Reply #5 - 09/19/08 at 23:35:17 clogged breather?
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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12671 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: Cylinder Gasket? Reply #6 - 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?
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pradeepa YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 8	Re: Cylinder Gasket? Reply #7 - 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?
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Digger Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Ya gotta be tough to ride singles! Posts: 1604 Colorado Springs, CO Gender:	Re: Cylinder Gasket? Reply #8 - 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.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Cylinder Gasket? Reply #9 - 11/27/08 at 21:56:58 I have over 19,000 miles on mine. The head has never been retorqued.No problems.
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Re: Cylinder Gasket?
Reply #10 - 11/27/08 at 22:28:35

Digger wrote 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.

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.

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