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Oil started spewing while riding - Newbie
05/31/15 at 14:53:00

I was out riding today and at some point while i was riding oil started to leak. It happend after I stopped for the last time and I was only 2 minutes away from home so it wasn't leaking for a long time. When I was pulling into the driveway I noticed it leaking and it dripped a lot when I stopped. It slowly stopped dripping. Oil was all over the left side of the bike (belt, tire, etc...). I pulled out the oil filter and it started leaking more. There was oil pooled in the hole where the filter goes. So what do you think? I am not a mechanic at all so I don't know where to even start.

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Re: Oil started spewing while riding - Newbie
Reply #1 - 05/31/15 at 15:07:55

Well, you're gonna have to narrow down what's leaking for us.
and cause the kickstand is on the left side, it leans that way, so it common even for a right hand leak to drip from the left side.

BTW, yes it will leak oil if you remove the oil filter and oil will pool in there... it's supposed to. Or do you have a breather filter?

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AaronMarshall YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 8	Re: Oil started spewing while riding - Newbie Reply #2 - 05/31/15 at 15:42:57 Thanks for the info on the filter. It is just a standard oil filter. How do I determine where it is leaking from? Is there any particular thing I can do figure that out? It isn't dripping anymore. It did start dripping when I took off the oil filter.
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Reply #3 - 05/31/15 at 16:12:09

You need to get it together, get the oil filled back to right. Clean it up, start it and see from where it doth leak.
Year model, miles,
Most likely that ever popular head plug leak.
Not a difficult task but requires a good bit of thought,preparation and care.
Head cover bolts are of different lengths, one must be in the cover as it's installed, one is upside down, the goo to make the gasket is not RTV.
Not a job to run from, but nothing to go at hurriedly.
An outline of the part with an X at each bolt, sliced, and poke bolts into it so they will be organized for assembly.

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28660 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Oil started spewing while riding - Newbie Reply #4 - 05/31/15 at 16:18:31 JOG said,... doth... ... Points for class, JOG... ...
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HovisPresley Serious Thumper Offline Good Vibrations! Posts: 991 Midlands, UK Gender:	Re: Oil started spewing while riding - Newbie Reply #5 - 05/31/15 at 16:23:50 Maybe he's quoting from the King James Version of the Clymer's manual Pure class, JoG
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Oil started spewing while riding - Newbie Reply #6 - 05/31/15 at 17:00:49 I am too easily influenced. I've been watching Netflix. I missed such an obvious opportunity to throw out a whence... Ohhh,blast it to bloody 'ell..
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Oil started spewing while riding - Newbie Reply #7 - 05/31/15 at 19:02:31 If thine leak doth elude thy... There are few locations whence it may emanate from. The head plug bolts on top of the head cover valve inspection covers If it's a bolt, you can try tightening it, but don't go brutish on it, they don't take much torque.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Oil started spewing while riding - Newbie Reply #8 - 05/31/15 at 19:42:34 I don't remember enough about the stuff up there. Brutish to one is just starting to snug up to another. I know that the 1/4" ratchet was a regular tool for the Savage. FEEL the bolts, don't try to seat the head cover in just one or even two passes. Better to work it down slow,
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old.indian Serious Thumper Offline Fighting Foreign Terrorism since 1492 Posts: 975 Central New Mexico Gender:	Re: Oil started spewing while riding - Newbie Reply #9 - 05/31/15 at 20:11:06 There are times where a person new to this site could easily confuse it with a Kellogg's box.... Full of nuts and flakes..... "If thine leak doth elude ...." Really ???
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Oil started spewing while riding - Newbie Reply #10 - 05/31/15 at 20:17:55 Ohh, verily, 'tis so!
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Oil started spewing while riding - Newbie Reply #11 - 05/31/15 at 20:19:50 old.indian wrote on 05/31/15 at 20:11:06: There are times where a person new to this site could easily confuse it with a Kellogg's box.... Full of nuts and flakes..... "If thine leak doth elude ...." Really ??? The floggings will continue until morale improves... sir you look a little depressed.
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Reply #12 - 06/01/15 at 05:00:55

Ok, so I fired it up this morning to see where the oil was leaking. As soon as I started it the oil was spewing on the kickstand side right where the belt ends at the front (I'm an idiot with mechanical jargon so forgive me). I had taken off the metal piece that covers that section and the oil just came out right there. In between the part that the belt loops back on and the big metal part to its left (from back to front).
Does that make sense? Do you need more details. I will try to get a picture uploaded in a bit.
My bike is an 07 S40 with 8500 miles on it.
It had been sitting for a few weeks (i bought it off a guy in February and it had been sitting for a few years with only minimal use monthly) and then I took it out yesterday for a sping. Very hot here in Wilmington, NC. Don't know if all that matters.
Thanks in advance.

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Re: Oil started spewing while riding - Newbie
Reply #13 - 06/01/15 at 10:37:54

verslagen1 wrote on 05/31/15 at 19:02:31:

If thine leak doth elude thy... <-
There are few locations whence it may emanate from.
The head plug
bolts on top of the head cover
valve inspection covers
If it's a bolt, you can try tightening it, but don't go brutish on it, they don't take much torque.

'thy' used where 'thee' belongs, 2 point deduction

Aaron, at first I thought you were saying it was leaking from the front peg mount (one of those bolts holds the engine cases togrether) but then it sounds like farther back on the bike

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AaronMarshall YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 8	Re: Oil started spewing while riding - Newbie Reply #14 - 06/01/15 at 10:43:36 Ok - so here is a pic of where the leak was coming from. It was coming from in between the silver cover on the left and the belt. Just underneath where the long piece is to receive teh screw on the top. Any thoughts?
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