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Ptrumble1
Posted on Sunday, December 05, 2004 - 09:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Anybody notice a seepage or fine coating of oil near and on fittings to cooler? re: 2004 12R 600 miles
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Buellman39
Posted on Sunday, December 05, 2004 - 10:07 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
You will get a little bit around the fittings, as long as its not dripping you are OK
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Hkwan
Posted on Sunday, December 05, 2004 - 03:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
It isn't that difficult to completely (relatively speaking) prevent the seepage, is it? I don't see that on many brands of bikes. How do they do it then... arrgh. I'm having buyers remorse or what...
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Unibear12r
Posted on Sunday, December 05, 2004 - 03:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Are you sure its oil?
What I at first thought was oil turned out to be TINY flakes of worn off tire material.
To make it even more confusing it would stick to only the hotter of the two lines and just at the connector.
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Lonexb


Posted on Sunday, December 05, 2004 - 11:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
mine came loose during break in. just tighten the lines up a little bit.since i did that haven't had a problem.got almost 13k on the bike now.
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M1combat


Posted on Sunday, December 05, 2004 - 11:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Same as Lone XB here... I snugged them up alittle and the issue went completely away.

"I'm having buyers remorse or what..."

You do understand that NO bikes are perfect yes?
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Ptrumble1
Posted on Monday, December 06, 2004 - 07:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Thanks, I will check for and possible tire discharge.
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Aldaytona


Posted on Monday, December 06, 2004 - 09:50 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I had some dirty residue at the oil cooler fittings showing just before the 1,000 mile service (probably there long before, but just getting darker), didn't tighten the fittings, just sprayed degreaser on it to check for leakage and it has gone away and hasn't returned. That was over 1,200 miles ago.
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Cataract2
Posted on Monday, December 06, 2004 - 02:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Same here, it was there right around the 1000 mile mark, I just cleaned it up and it seems to have gone away.
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Unibear12r
Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 01:38 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
May sound funny but its true. Saw it on one fitting just after one of these oil on fitting threads and thought me too. Wiped it off, checked the fitting which was tight and then took a REAL close look at what I had wiped off. Dry tire flakes. Hot connector just hot enough for it to stick to. Right where the tire can fling it. These tires go away fast and they don't just evaporate as you ride
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Tj98
Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 05:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
MINE STARTED SEEPING FROM 90 DEGREE FITTING ON MOTOR BEHIND HEADER. CHECKED LINE AND IT IS SNUG. TRIED TO REMOVE FITTING AND TEFLON TAPE MYSELF BUT WHEN I STARTED TO TURN IT OUT THE FITTING HIT THE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH. TOOK IT TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY HAD TO ROLL THE MOTOR FORWARD.THEY HAD IT FIXED WHEN I GOT BACK IN TOWN A WEEK LATER. I RODE IT FOR THREE WEEKS AND NEVER HAD TO PUT OIL IN IT. THAT IS HOW LITTLE IT LEAKED. BIKE HAD ABOUT 7,000 ON IT AT THE TIME.
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M1combat


Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 05:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
No need to yell ; ).
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