Oil Leak - Just got work done and then moved.

[peterbaron]

PD may have it. But humor me and look at your clutch reservoir and check the level in the window if you would.

Or, clean that engine and then find the leak.

this is a rocket science

[gmike_imp]

The window is about 2” in front of the rear break lever. It has a slot for a small screw driver that can be used to wipe clean the inside. Bike has to be on the center stand or held level to get an accurate reading

[NickyV_imp]

The window is about 2” in front of the rear break lever. It has a slot for a small screw driver that can be used to wipe clean the inside. Bike has to be on the center stand or held level to get an accurate reading

Is it this one? I didn't post because I need to clean and take a better picture with something else. Didn't get a chance to do it before sun went down. But I can do it in the morning. I thought this was for the oil unless there is another window that I just haven't seen yet?

Again, thanks for all the help and patience! Need to get familiar with my bike so I appreciate all the support here.

[Lord Popgun]

yes, thats the engine oil check window.

Look on the clutch reservoir window for clutch fluid level.

I wonder about it as you said the clutch was adjusted. Our clutch is hydraulic. There is nothing to adjust. Maybe it was bled and the bleeder not tightened.
The clutch reservoir is where the clutch lever is. The window is a little round thing.

Nick, no offense, but it sounds like you don’t know a lot about motorcycles. You may have to get some professional help. You DO need to buy a service manual.

OTOH, we’ll try to help!

[GoldOxide_imp]

Hello All - Sorry as I'm just joining the forum but would like to start working more on my bike. Now that I have a bit more time I'm hoping that I can knock this one out as where I moved to, all mechanics are weeks out.

So I just got my bike back from a mechanic last week in CA the day I had movers packing everything up. Then I noticed the leak when I got home but didn't have time to take it back to him. Now I'm in GA and in a pickle. I know the picture doesn't show much but I'm ready to start digging to try to figure out where the issue is coming from. Appreciate any and all help!

Thanks!

Firstly NickyV - Welcome to the Forum!

The first thing I noticed was your bleeder tube is full of (apparently new) oil. This tells me something is overfilled somewhere and got into maybe the airbox (not sure how). Nevertheless, unclamp and pull the black end cap and drain the entire tube. Replace the cap and the clamp.



Also consider locating where that comes from (The airbox? Engine block?). If the airbox, get to it, open it, and wipe the inside dry with a rag.

[NickyV_imp]

Hello All - Sorry as I'm just joining the forum but would like to start working more on my bike. Now that I have a bit more time I'm hoping that I can knock this one out as where I moved to, all mechanics are weeks out.

So I just got my bike back from a mechanic last week in CA the day I had movers packing everything up. Then I noticed the leak when I got home but didn't have time to take it back to him. Now I'm in GA and in a pickle. I know the picture doesn't show much but I'm ready to start digging to try to figure out where the issue is coming from. Appreciate any and all help!

Thanks!

Firstly NickyV - Welcome to the Forum!

The first thing I noticed was your bleeder tube is full of (apparently new) oil. This tells me something is overfilled somewhere and got into maybe the airbox (not sure how). Nevertheless, unclamp and pull the black end cap and drain the entire tube. Replace the cap and the clamp.



Also consider locating where that comes from (The airbox? Engine block?). If the airbox, get to it, open it, and wipe the inside dry with a rag.

Firstly NickyV - Welcome to the Forum!

The first thing I noticed was your bleeder tube is full of (apparently new) oil. This tells me something is overfilled somewhere and got into maybe the airbox (not sure how). Nevertheless, unclamp and pull the black end cap and drain the entire tube. Replace the cap and the clamp.



Also consider locating where that comes from (The airbox? Engine block?). If the airbox, get to it, open it, and wipe the inside dry with a rag.
Yes it is. Got it, I will do that first thing in the morning. To get to the airbox, do I pull off one of the side panels? Not sure if called a panel but want to make sure I wipe as much as possible to see if I continue to get more oil to leak.

Thanks for the support!

[zirconxi_imp]

Well, that's a lot of oil coming out. From the engine bottom photo, since the other parts of the engine is dry. Its easy to trace the oil leak since the rest of the place is dry. Just follow the trails of the oil. If the top cover had been open before (valve clearance jobs) check for leak around the cover, especially near the back of the cover adjacent to the throttle body. The rubber seal easily get "flip" here due to the tight working space. Also check the breather hose from the top cover to the airbox. Might had miss and forgot to put back. If want to check if oil are from inside of hose or outside of hose, just take a cotton bud tip and poke into the hose to check if inside is dry or wet.
If oil are from airbox, there's another short L shape drain tube near to the engine oil temperature sensor, you can open this up and check if its full of oil. But I doubt the airbox can have so much engine oil without choking the throttle.
Do share your finding and solution once you got it fixed.

[pekingduck]

Some of the oil in the crankcase gets whipped up into a vapor from pistons going up and down and from rotating crank, balancer, gears, shafts and from the camchain. Because the volume of air within the crankcase isn't constant, the crankcase fumes vent into the airbox, where it accumulates and drips down into that translucent tube with the cap.

Draining it is a normal maintenance step, and it can be reached from the bottom of the bike. But it looks like it is holding and not the cause of your leak.

[GoldOxide_imp]

Some of the oil in the crankcase gets whipped up into a vapor from pistons going up and down and from rotating crank, balancer, gears, shafts and from the camchain. Because the volume of air within the crankcase isn't constant, the crankcase fumes vent into the airbox, where it accumulates and drips down into that translucent tube with the cap.

Draining it is a normal maintenance step, and it can be reached from the bottom of the bike. But it looks like it is holding and not the cause of your leak.

Agreed. However, because the hose appears "full", it could be overflowing at the source.

[Lord Popgun]

Getting to the airbox is a tad tricky. You have to remove the right side panel, and maybe lift the tank slightly to get to the plastic airbox cover screw at the top. That screw may be behind a cable harness that you just have to slightly move out of the way. Off hand I can't remember the other airbox cover fasteners, but it's obvious.

Look in there before you start wiping. There is a sensor in there and you don't want to damage it.