bjcnz
5th June 2011, 21:27
Hey All! Hopefully someone out there can help me!
So I have found a(nother) oil leak on my ZXR250A
At first I was hoping it was either coming from my newly replaced oil filter or oil sump I just replaced but it appears to be something more sinister (see attached photos).
http://iforce.co.nz/i/otdk4lgx.3rd.jpg
Here you can see the oil on the water pipe
http://iforce.co.nz/i/m0fu13s1.bjq.jpg
I believe this is the culprit - Appears to be coming from this bolt here, but I am uncertain, could it just be a gasket problem?
http://iforce.co.nz/i/vwctr412.vbs.jpg
Another view of it all
Someone who hasn't seen it mentioned to me it could be the big end bearing? The bike runs perfectly fine at the moment (bar a cooling issue, but thats completely separate and I've just rebuilt the radiator so that should be solved now)
Do any of you know what could be causing this? And is this something someone whose no mechanic but good with their hands could fix? If not is it worth me taking the bike into a mechanics and getting it fixed or just selling it?
To be honest, I have spent more time with this bike in bits than riding it and I'm leaning towards buying something else for reliability, but at the same time i've poured my heart and soul into it I just don't want to see her go!
Thanks for your time!
Gah sorry, for some reason the images aren't loading even though they (I think) have the correct html tag
So I have found a(nother) oil leak on my ZXR250A
At first I was hoping it was either coming from my newly replaced oil filter or oil sump I just replaced but it appears to be something more sinister (see attached photos).
http://iforce.co.nz/i/otdk4lgx.3rd.jpg
Here you can see the oil on the water pipe
http://iforce.co.nz/i/m0fu13s1.bjq.jpg
I believe this is the culprit - Appears to be coming from this bolt here, but I am uncertain, could it just be a gasket problem?
http://iforce.co.nz/i/vwctr412.vbs.jpg
Another view of it all
Someone who hasn't seen it mentioned to me it could be the big end bearing? The bike runs perfectly fine at the moment (bar a cooling issue, but thats completely separate and I've just rebuilt the radiator so that should be solved now)
Do any of you know what could be causing this? And is this something someone whose no mechanic but good with their hands could fix? If not is it worth me taking the bike into a mechanics and getting it fixed or just selling it?
To be honest, I have spent more time with this bike in bits than riding it and I'm leaning towards buying something else for reliability, but at the same time i've poured my heart and soul into it I just don't want to see her go!
Thanks for your time!
Gah sorry, for some reason the images aren't loading even though they (I think) have the correct html tag