Hi I have a 97 savage and it has an oil leak.  It is coming from the back of the air passage (closest to the seat).  I just changed the plug because after reading through the forums it seems like that is what the most common oil leak.  After doing the plug change and resealing the head cover, I waited 2 days to make sure the sealant cured completely.  Today I started the bike and let it warm up and everything looked nice and dry.  I had someone sitting on the bike while I shined a a light down the air passage and I did not see any leaks.  I turned the bike off and I saw some smoke, so I shined the light back down the air passage and I saw oil bubbling towards the back of the air passage.  I started the bike again to see if I could find where it is leaking and it is definitely leaking from something near the back of the air passage way.  I could not see exactly where but I could see that it was not dripping from the plug area.  The bolt which the plug covers was dry.  All of the oil was towards the back of the engine.  Any ideas on what this could be?

While doing this job I noticed that 2 bolts, "L115" and "L130" where stripped.  I went to the store and bought a longer screw and and created a "gasket" using washers and sealant for bolt L130 and torqued it down to specs.  Bolt L115 I have hand tight, but its on there and moving.   I took the chrome cover off to see if the oil was leaking from the top and it was completely dry.  Do think either of these bolts could cause this leak?

Any other ideas on what to check or what could cause this oil leak?  Any help/ suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

I just went out and looked at the nuts.  The front nut has what looks like a little old oil on it, but the rear is dry and clean.  I will clean the front nut and put some sealant on it.  

I will also try to post a picture tomorrow of the area where it is leaking from.

Thank you everyone for your on-going help.  That leak must have been residual oil that burned off.  My dear, wonderful son can do this plug leak fix thing blindfolded now.  

The bike's cylinder is clean.  I am no longer sitting at the stoplight like pigpen, in a cloud of burning oil.  

Thank you Suzuki savage for all your information.  We hardly ever post because all the information ever needed is posted.  But after the 2nd re-do of that plug leak fix with still oil leaking, my son was about to give up.  He started her up again and either the oil burned away or the Savage spirit healed itself.

After the first fix one of the bolts had to be replaced with a 140 and a bunch of washers.  That got taken care of and I guess the second oil "leak" was left over gush.

Again, thank you so much.  Have been a member since, at least, 2005!  Still rides like a dream when worked on by an angel.