| Author | Message | ||
     Preybird1 |
So after some hard riding i noticed some little oil splatter marks on my shifter arm. I started looking for the leak and noticed a drop of oil hanging off one of the lower primary cover bolts, So i checked the torque on them and they are right where they should be. I also noticed the clutch cable seal is bad as oil is starting to push up the cable. Also i have had a slow leak from the stater wires coming through the gear side. Which i think the leak is from, But also there is oil between the motor and the starter on the top side that wasn't there. So what i did was, clean it up well after i did an oil change. I put a little teflon tape on the oil drain bolt just in case that was the problem. Now the leak in the last 2 days has gotten bad enough to drip while it is sitting. I really don't know where the leak is coming from. any ideas of where to look, I checked everything on the top side and it is good there. | ||
| Buellisticx1 |
A while back I had a oil leak between the motor and the starter on the top side as you and turned out be the starter gasket was gone. I replaced it and not oil leaks. | ||
| Rick_a |
At some point they went from a paper to metal gasket on the starter. Mine leaked there until I upgraded. The shift shaft seal is also a regular source of slow leaks for me. A light coat of hylomar on the primary gasket has always worked well for preventing leaks there...plus it allows me to reuse them things a few times. That should also cure the stator plug leak, as well. The clutch cable can leak where it is crimped to the threaded end over time. De-greasing and a medium cyanoacrylate glue on the junction fixes that. Teflon taping the threads along with a new O-ring could fix that as well. These engines seem to always have a slow leak some where. Mine has been spot free for a long time and I hope it stays that way. The catch can breathers are my only source of oily filth these days. | ||
| Jim2 |
Wiggle your starter and make sure it's not coming loose. | ||
| Mick |
check your oil lines , mine rubbed a pin hole where it goes over the engine case above the starter. | ||
| Fasted |
remember guys, our tuber motors are really sportster mills done right, so they are harleys. harleys DO NOT leak oil.....however they DO mark their territory, just like a tomcat sprays to mark his | ||
| Bluzm2 |
+1 on the starter gasket. They can really make a mess. It is tough to see the leak as the starter is in the way. Look for oil UNDER the starter. If it's there, your gasket is shot. The new metal/rubber version is far superior to the old paper one. Kind of a pain to change out but well worth it. Need to pull the primary cover, header and muffler and a couple of other things. No need to pull the primary drive, you can get both starter bolts out. Make sure to get ALL the old paper gasket off both mating surfaces or you will be doing the whole thing over again. Brad | ||
| X1whunter |
Worse yet... crank shaft seal check oil level in your tank and see if you are losing it there and overfilling in Primary... On Buell XL motors, replacing the crankshaft seal requires a special tool for insertion or it will continue to leak. | ||
| Preybird1 |
If the crank seal fails it will push oil out the tranny vent line up behind right side tail and make the biggest mess! Ask me how i know? I have some cell phone pics of the leak, I will try and post them when i get some more time to re-size them. | ||
| X1whunter |
Yes, it does! Failed to ask if that was pushing out but I put an EBOC on my trans line also so I never found my failure until too late as it was captured!  |
