ChappyBoffins
Just got it firing!
Hello again everyone. So I’ve got another oil leak and I wanted to share some photos in case any of this looked familiar and to see if anyone had some advice.
I took my bike out on a hot day for about a 6 hour ride. It went mostly well but at our first stop I noticed there was some oil leaking out of or onto a connection on the exhaust manifold. We let it cool down for about 20 minutes and the leak slowed and the smoke dissipated. We then decided to ride on. All day the bike did like to want to stall right after I started it. I had to hold the throttle open to about 1500 rpms for about 2 minutes to keep this from happening. After the 2 minutes it was fine. The bike didn’t smoke anymore and I didn’t notice any dripping oil under the bike at any of our other stops.
I went to ride it to work 2 days later and found a small puddle underneath it with a couple more areas with drips of oil hanging off of them. I’m thinking there’s a leak higher up that is spurting out and trickling down to the areas I’ve photographed. My plan is to spend some time observing the engine closely while it idles. Otherwise I’m at a loss.
Could the stalling after start be related to the oil leak or are those 2 separate issues?
If oil is leaking out, should I ride it into my service center 40 minutes away or have it towed?
Also a friend said my fuel line probably needs replacing, image should also be in the album, are they correct?
As always, thanks in advanced for any advice anyone can give me.
-Paul
I took my bike out on a hot day for about a 6 hour ride. It went mostly well but at our first stop I noticed there was some oil leaking out of or onto a connection on the exhaust manifold. We let it cool down for about 20 minutes and the leak slowed and the smoke dissipated. We then decided to ride on. All day the bike did like to want to stall right after I started it. I had to hold the throttle open to about 1500 rpms for about 2 minutes to keep this from happening. After the 2 minutes it was fine. The bike didn’t smoke anymore and I didn’t notice any dripping oil under the bike at any of our other stops.
I went to ride it to work 2 days later and found a small puddle underneath it with a couple more areas with drips of oil hanging off of them. I’m thinking there’s a leak higher up that is spurting out and trickling down to the areas I’ve photographed. My plan is to spend some time observing the engine closely while it idles. Otherwise I’m at a loss.
Could the stalling after start be related to the oil leak or are those 2 separate issues?
If oil is leaking out, should I ride it into my service center 40 minutes away or have it towed?
Also a friend said my fuel line probably needs replacing, image should also be in the album, are they correct?
As always, thanks in advanced for any advice anyone can give me.
-Paul