| Author | Message | ||
     Galloper |
Picked my bike up after it's 10000 miles check up including new rear & front tires (Michelin PilotRoad 2CT) During the ride home (some 30 miles) my foot kept slipping of the rear brakepedal. So I thougt I'd stepped in some spilled diesel or such. Got home, wife stands in the driveway, says I'm leaking oil  and indeed it's dripping oil.  Called the dealer after closing time (I picked the bike up late), one of the guys was still there and listened to me ranting about the oilleak. They're coming to pick the bike up on tuesday. Anyone familiar with a leak show on the picture ?? | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
Is the oil filter just a little loose? It wasn't leaking before the service, right? | ||
| Galloper |
The bike wasn't leaking before the service! I've checked the oilfilter and I could turn it one rotation, so it was loose. However I did a short testride en it's still leaking. (not at the oilfilter) But at the thread. | ||
| Teeps |
This is either one of those "stuff happens" coincidences, or that line/fitting was damaged during the oil filter R&R. | ||
| Hughlysses |
I'd get a couple of wrenches and test the tightness of that oil line (one wrench for the hex and one wrench for the fitting to avoid stressing the threads going into the engine cases). Maybe it'll turn out to be an easy fix. If not, take it back to the dealer tomorrow. | ||
| Jackbequick |
If you could turn the filter one turn by hand it either was not tightened enough or came loose. The normal drill is to turn it 3/4 or 1 turn after you feel the rubber gasket contact the base and it is not a good idea to over tighten them. So you may be seeing residual oil on that fitting or oil that accumulated and is dripping out after you stop. I put a hose clamp around the filter, up against the ridge at the end, rotate that down until I can just get a nut driver on it, and then tighten down the clamp screw. That way if the filter starts to loosen the clamp screw contacts the crankcase and stops it. Glance at the clamp location when you do your normal inspections and you'll be able to tell quickly that it is okay. Jack (Message edited by jackbequick on June 03, 2007) | ||
| Etennuly |
If the filter was that loose I would take it off and inspect the gasket. Make sure they didn't leave the old gasket on too. | ||
| Stevem123 |
I had that same leak on mine. I had to remove the headers to remove the oil pressure sensor above that fitting all just to be able to remove the fitting, clean the threads, re-apply thread sealer and re-tighten the fitting. It was a big pain in the arse but I installed new ceramic coated headers during the process so I killed two birds with one stone. This is a 90° fitting so it required another full turn in the threads to be good and tight. The pressure sensor above it prevents you being able to go all the way around thus requiring all the other work to do the job.... BC Steve | ||
| Dr_greg |
My '06 started leaking there at about 20,000 miles. That 90-degree fitting wasn't even hand-tight in the front of the case; I screwed it in another turn (NPT thread) and that fixed it. No need to remove headers; just remove the oil pressure sensor, and of course the line that enters that 90-degree fitting (oil return from oil cooler). Mine was like that from the factory, since there was no reason to ever remove it. Relatively easy fix, and FREE! | ||
| Sped214 |
My 03 had the same issue. It turned out there was a hairline crack in the plastic portion of the sending unit above that line. Took a few trips to the dealer to discover it. | ||
| Galloper |
The bike is fixed, it was what you described and it was fixed for free!. |
