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Message started by Zniper175 on 09/06/05 at 19:41:45

Title: Oil leak - Not the rubber plug.
Post by Zniper175 on 09/06/05 at 19:41:45

I have a 96 savage, I located the oil plug problem, fixed it and cleaned the entire bike.

After a quick ride around town, it was back in my driveway, sprayed with the standard amount of oil.

After washing it off I stared at it while it was idling, waiting for a sign of where the leak was. Nothing.

After about 5 minutes of it running, white smoke started coming out of the wind tunnels. But peering in with a flashlight, i could see no pooling oil.

Anybody want to save me some time and provide the answer?

Title: Re: Oil leak - Not the rubber plug.
Post by Reelthing on 09/07/05 at 04:39:18

On my '95, after sealing the plug, I still had an oil leak that turned out to be the speedometer cable and/or I had packed the stainless screen in the head cover to tight causing to much back pressure, but enough oil would go up the cable to leak out under the tank - ended up pushing the screen down a bit through the breather pipe and replaceing the cable.

welcome aboard!

Title: Re: Oil leak - Not the rubber plug.
Post by torque on 09/07/05 at 09:13:24

reseal the valve cover to the head,be sure to use
hi-temp rtv,then see if it leaks. ;)

Title: Re: Oil leak - Not the rubber plug.
Post by Clark on 09/07/05 at 10:38:53

I did my cap and valve cover redo and sealed everything quite well. I then cleaned off the bike with water from the outside. After running it, some oil seemed to be leaking out still, and I was disappointed. I let it cool, took some degreaser spray and sprayed it in between the bolt top and the plug bottom (on the outside of the engine, but up into the hard to get at areas). I then used a standard water hose nozzle set on a tight stream to spray water up in the hard to get at areas. This took all the extra oil from the leak and cover removal away. No more leak! It was the residual oil becoming mobile with the high engine temp that made me think I had not done it correctly.

Clark

Title: Re: Oil leak - Not the rubber plug.
Post by Zniper175 on 09/11/05 at 03:32:33

Clark, man thanks... I washed it off then ran it again, NO F-ING OIL!!!! I am soo happy, I was about to break it down again. :D Whew....