Nagash
29th August 2008, 17:35
Alright well,
I ride a Honda CMX 'Rebel' 250.
Just recently there's been a pretty heavy leak coming from the bottom of the alternator, I thought this could just be the gasket so spent an afternoon pulling it apart, and re-applying gasket goo while the proper gasket takes 3 weeks to come from Japan.
For the first day, it worked perfectly. No oil leaking what-so-ever.
Just after work today I found a nice puddle of oil underneath my bike.. the bitch is back!
Now, when I stripped the alternator case I noticed there was what looked like a drainage hole coming from the alternator, which looks to be where the oil's leaking from, which makes me think this was a safety device and that oil is actually not meant to be in that compartment at all..
So.. err.. any ideas why it's leaking?
I ride a Honda CMX 'Rebel' 250.
Just recently there's been a pretty heavy leak coming from the bottom of the alternator, I thought this could just be the gasket so spent an afternoon pulling it apart, and re-applying gasket goo while the proper gasket takes 3 weeks to come from Japan.
For the first day, it worked perfectly. No oil leaking what-so-ever.
Just after work today I found a nice puddle of oil underneath my bike.. the bitch is back!
Now, when I stripped the alternator case I noticed there was what looked like a drainage hole coming from the alternator, which looks to be where the oil's leaking from, which makes me think this was a safety device and that oil is actually not meant to be in that compartment at all..
So.. err.. any ideas why it's leaking?