View Full Version : Trying to pin point an oil leak


altomista
March 10th, 2010, 01:45 PM
I'm trying to pin point an oil leak. It only started Saturday night when my friend hit my bike with his car in his drunken state--related I don't know but we did have a talk about being drunk already. It any case it seems to drip off of the oil screen cover and the water pump cover when I let it sit on the kickstand.

Just to make things clear on how much it is leaking... it's only dripping a few drops. The leak is so minor but the fact that it's leaking is annoying. The oil sight level doesn't even change after a 15 mile ride. And the leak is indeed oil; it's not chain lube, or wax in my case.

I cleaned up the engine as best as I could with engine degreaser and sprayed it down with an aerosol can of baby powder deodorant (a.k.a. poor man's leak detector). Here are some pictures. Maybe someone can point me in the right direction. The white stuff is the deodorant.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/altomista/oil%20leak/DSC04353.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/altomista/oil%20leak/DSC04344.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/altomista/oil%20leak/DSC04345.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/altomista/oil%20leak/DSC04346.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/altomista/oil%20leak/DSC04347.jpg

Underside pictures of the oil plug, filter and screen area:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/altomista/oil%20leak/DSC04348.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/altomista/oil%20leak/DSC04349.jpg

Underside pictures of the oil on the wiring: (the blurry thing in the foreground is the header)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/altomista/oil%20leak/DSC04350.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/altomista/oil%20leak/DSC04351.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/altomista/oil%20leak/DSC04352.jpg

Alex
March 10th, 2010, 08:35 PM
Hope you track it down! Oil leaks are never any fun...