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Oil Leak on Vertical Cylinder 07 S2R800

Started by pintsizejesus, October 20, 2008, 05:20:03 PM

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pintsizejesus

As the title says I'm leaking oil from the vertical cylinder, the amount of oil is small and in the picture that has been there for a week or two.  I didn't clean it up because I wanted to see if more accumulated there or not and for the sake of a picture ha.  This may not be anything but I would like to be safe rather than sorry.  I'm assuming I can tighten the bolt next to the leak and maybe it will stop but I'll see if anyone knows for sure first.  The picture was taken from the left side of the engine and yes that is a dead bee next to my spark plug haha.  Any help is greatly appreciated, and I may be worrying about nothing like I said but all input is welcome. 


darkduc7

looks very minor, but its hard to tell by the pic. the best thing to do, in my opinion, is to completly clean the area, dry it, and then spray some foot power or something on it. go out and ride for a day and then check it. this will show you if there is actually a leak and where it's coming from.
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Speeddog

As darkduc7 suggested, clean it up and see if it's really leaking.

Additionally, I'm pretty sure that bolt is aluminum, so beware if you go to tighten it.
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pintsizejesus

I don't know how it got in there but I'll see how long it stays there.  I seem to kill a lot more bugs than the people I ride with, like a LOT more.  It's really annoying and I'm really lazy.  I cleaned up the oil and will see if it returns, may be a while though.  The leak seems slow if it is even there still.