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.

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

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

Alex · March 10th, 2010, 08:35 PM

Hope you track it down! Oil leaks are never any fun...

March 10th, 2010, 01:45 PM	#1
altomista Evil Mad Scientist Name: Al Location: San Jose, CA Join Date: Jun 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2006 EX250F6FL, 1986 ZX600A2, 1975 Honda CB550 Posts: 39	Trying to pin point an oil leak 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. Underside pictures of the oil plug, filter and screen area: Underside pictures of the oil on the wiring: (the blurry thing in the foreground is the header) __________________________________________________ Need your Ninja 250R worked on? PM me... \| Spartan Riders on Ning Avatar created by J.J. McCullough and taken from Wikipedia's Mad Scientist entry.

March 10th, 2010, 08:35 PM	#2
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Hope you track it down! Oil leaks are never any fun... __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

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