Wet hose
The left end looks like electrical plastic conduit (ant-chaff) and the right end looks like a fabric wrap for electrical cable. There is a transmission vent hose from the trans. cover to the space between the trans. and inner primary cover. check for oil vapors there, also check the top of the rear cylinder for an oil seepage problem. You'll just have to use a good flashlight and look around.
First step is always a really thorough clean and degrease so you don't go chasing phantoms.
...and, yeah, that's a wire bundle.
Looks like you already know it's an electrical conduit.
The WHY is it wet part is because it is sitting below the starter motor.
Yeah, you read that right.
I'm pretty sure that the oil you're seeing is coming from the primary, through the shaft seal on the starter, running along inside the bottom of the starter motor and dripping out through a small hole in the bottom of the starter motor.
I know, sounds like I've been drinking too much of my own bath water, (so true anyway), but pull the starter and disassemble it.
I'm betting that you'll see the bottom of the motor is wet with oil and there's only one place it can come from, the primary.
I had this happen some time ago and took months to find it.
The WHY is it wet part is because it is sitting below the starter motor.
Yeah, you read that right.
I'm pretty sure that the oil you're seeing is coming from the primary, through the shaft seal on the starter, running along inside the bottom of the starter motor and dripping out through a small hole in the bottom of the starter motor.
I know, sounds like I've been drinking too much of my own bath water, (so true anyway), but pull the starter and disassemble it.
I'm betting that you'll see the bottom of the motor is wet with oil and there's only one place it can come from, the primary.
I had this happen some time ago and took months to find it.
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