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New oil leak left (shifter) side
06/04/10 at 12:45:36
Noticing about a tablespoon of oil on the ground in the morning, under the left side crankcase for the past 3 days. Stopped for a few minutes while riding today, and when I came back to the bike, noticed a few drops under the same area. I know that gravity plays a big part on diagnosing leaks, but would anyone know where to start looking? Any known leak areas down under? I'm pretty much convinced that this is not part of the head plug/cap leak.
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06/04/10 at 13:00:57
There is an oil seal around the shaft (shifter) I replaced mine and the small amount I was dripping on the garage floor stopped. That could be the source of your leak. It's not too big of a job.
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HoratioHawkshaw wrote
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There is an oil seal around the shaft (shifter) I replaced mine and the small amount I was dripping on the garage floor stopped. That could be the source of your leak. It's not too big of a job.
Ahh, there we go, sounds reasonable. I'll take a closer look.
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06/04/10 at 14:55:12
Clean the engine very well. Dry it very well.
Dust it with flour from the kitchen on the suspected areas.
If no signs of oil in one hour, start engine and run a few minutes, then watch for the wet spot to appear.
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Phelonius wrote
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Clean the engine very well. Dry it very well.
Dust it with flour from the kitchen on the suspected areas.
If no signs of oil in one hour, start engine and run a few minutes, then watch for the wet spot to appear.
phelonius
nice thinking!
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06/04/10 at 15:09:52
someone said get that spray on foot powder
couple places that might not be evident...
tighten the footpeg peg bolts, those go thru the case and oil collects in there.
starter black hole, oil can drip in there from just about anywhere and it'll drip out around the drive pulley.
I had a leak from the wiring going into the stator cover. Remove the pulley cover, clean as best you can, clean the port with brake cleaner and squirt some RTV in there. Well it did work.
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Good suggestions, thanks gents!
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photojoe FSO wrote
on 06/04/10 at 12:45:36:
Noticing about a tablespoon of oil on the ground in the morning, under the left side crankcase for the past 3 days. Stopped for a few minutes while riding today, and when I came back to the bike, noticed a few drops under the same area. I know that gravity plays a big part on diagnosing leaks, but would anyone know where to start looking? Any known leak areas down under? I'm pretty much convinced that this is not part of the head plug/cap leak.
I've had two leaks that gave symptoms like that. One was:
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=RubberSideDown;action=display;n...
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1183949991/0#0
The second one was:
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1268286763/0#0
Happy hunting!
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06/20/10 at 15:25:56
Phelonius wrote
on 06/04/10 at 14:55:12:
Clean the engine very well. Dry it very well.
Dust it with flour from the kitchen on the suspected areas.
If no signs of oil in one hour, start engine and run a few minutes, then watch for the wet spot to appear.
phelonius
Spread out sheet of newspaper is easier to clean up than the four.
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06/20/10 at 15:59:59
will the newspaper tell where its leaking
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06/20/10 at 18:21:00
When I look for any kind of leak, oil,antifreeze or brake fluid I look at night with a bright flashlight. You will be surprised how easy it is to spot a leak in the dark as all you see is what's in the beam of the light. A LED penlight works well.
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06/20/10 at 18:31:31
I tightened the nut where the shifter goes into the crankcase and stopped my leak, as a bonus, it shifted easier afterward.
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bill67 wrote
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will the newspaper tell where its leaking
Dang Bill, everybody knows that stuff is in the Horoscope. sheesh.
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