I'd say if oil is dripping from the seat of your diamond back mountain bike, you need to seriously review your diet...
What sort of bike are we talking about here?
Forum whore
I'd say if oil is dripping from the seat of your diamond back mountain bike, you need to seriously review your diet...
What sort of bike are we talking about here?
Fair weather rider
Here's me feeling a bit of an idiot because the oil leak seems to have, well...subsided... Still leaking, just a teeny bit.
??? I'm confused as to why this happened.
Thanks for answers anyway.
Forum whore
10 f***in chars..Originally Posted by imdying
Can't be too many places for the trans to leak. Clean up the crank case with some kero (cheap n easy from Pak n Save) and a tooth brush. Find the leak. Take it to the mechanic and say it's also leaking here, could you please fix that one too
Fair weather rider
Right, the mechanic has said the other leaks would require the engine to be opened so there's not much point.
Forum whore
Why not much point? Can't cost much to open the box on a two stroke.
Scooter boy
They all stop leaking eventually... not long after that they just stop altogether.
Ride her every day... while you still can!
Forum whore
Maybe all the oil has now leaked out and there is none left to leak.
Fair weather rider
Haha, yes I checked that.Maybe all the oil has now leaked out and there is none left to leak.
Don't know about the cost of ripping open the engine, the mech said it would be a "major job" anyway.
Loud and Uncouth
Get a Harley - at least then you'll know WHY you have a leak
Well so say a lot on this site - mainly the 'other' type of riders, the ones that don't have one but want one
(Sorry I can't actually be of any assistance)
Winding up drongos, foil hat wearers and over sensitive KBers for over 14,000 posts...........
" Life is not a rehearsal, it's as happy or miserable as you want to make it"
Fair weather rider
Right, I've taken off the tank, fairings, muffler. The whole underside of the crank case is covered with oil. I'm gonna get some kerosene and clean it up to try and find the leak(s). I can see one of the leaks, it's from "that rectangle-box bit that juts out from the side of where the piston runs". Don't laugh at the description. Looks like it had a spray gasket, might buy some gasket sheet and make a new one.
Forum whore
Sorry, but
You gotta learn some way and giving it a go is the Kiwi tradition!
You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
Shorai Powersports batteries are very trick!
Forum whore
If the oil coming out the exhaust is white its trans oil.
Cost me about $300 for spectrum to split my engine redo the bearings and new fit crank seals.
where are you in NZ? And what is your bike?
Fair weather rider
$300 sounds alright.
I'm in Hawkes Bay, my bike's a stroker, a Kawasaki KR-1S. Thanks for replies, I'm gonna do some more work on the leak after I finish cleaning the carbs.
Hardcore Biker
After 28 posts you finally reveal the bike type. the crankcases are probably split horizontaly so the bottom one acts like a pan to contain the gearbox oil. My guess is the clutch cover gasket is rooted, and the mechanic (?) didnt replace it with a new item. So now it leaks more.
Forum whore
Or maybe the seal behind the drive chain sprocket is leaking, the oil gets onto the chain and gets flung off everywhere (you did say its dripping from under the seat)
Supercheap sell aerosol degreaser (which smells like mostly diesel) - spray on hose off about $3 per can
it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
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