Oil weep
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Oil weep
Hello Guys
I gained a fair amount of knowledge from the threads on this forum! Very stoked to be a part of it!
I'd consider myself a pretty fair wrench. Not afraid of mechanicals.
In any event...
I noticed a bit of oil weep on my 88B, coming from the passage way just behind the rear cylinder spark plug. Its not much. I scrubbed it away, last wash. It returned.
Not that big a deal, really. My motor is about to turn 25,000. But, I like to handle things before they go big....
My question is...Does anyone think its a good idea to pull the tank, seat, and rocker box cover... to inspect and re-torque the rocker box housing?
After staring at the manual and the cylinder, i figure the leak is either the gasket under the rocker box housing and/or the breather baffle O ring.
That being said....replacing the gasket under the rocker box would require removing the rockers.
Im thinking more of just re-torque the rocker box housing and replace the Breather O ring..
Would anyone else put the effort into this....or just wait for a top end tear down??
Thanks for your comments!
I gained a fair amount of knowledge from the threads on this forum! Very stoked to be a part of it!
I'd consider myself a pretty fair wrench. Not afraid of mechanicals.
In any event...
I noticed a bit of oil weep on my 88B, coming from the passage way just behind the rear cylinder spark plug. Its not much. I scrubbed it away, last wash. It returned.
Not that big a deal, really. My motor is about to turn 25,000. But, I like to handle things before they go big....
My question is...Does anyone think its a good idea to pull the tank, seat, and rocker box cover... to inspect and re-torque the rocker box housing?
After staring at the manual and the cylinder, i figure the leak is either the gasket under the rocker box housing and/or the breather baffle O ring.
That being said....replacing the gasket under the rocker box would require removing the rockers.
Im thinking more of just re-torque the rocker box housing and replace the Breather O ring..
Would anyone else put the effort into this....or just wait for a top end tear down??
Thanks for your comments!
Last edited by sjbodie; May 5, 2012 at 10:59 PM.
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Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 188
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From: Arizona
Hello Guys
I gained a fair amount of knowledge from the threads on this forum! Very stoked to be a part of it!
I'd consider myself a pretty fair wrench. Not afraid of mechanicals.
In any event...
I noticed a bit of oil weep on my 88B, coming from the passage way just behind the rear cylinder spark plug. Its not much. I scrubbed it away, last wash. It returned.
Not that big a deal, really. My motor is about to turn 25,000. But, I like to handle things before they go big....
My question is...Does anyone think its a good idea to pull the tank, seat, and rocker box cover... to inspect and re-torque the rocker box housing?
After staring at the manual and the cylinder, i figure the leak is either the gasket under the rocker box housing and/or the breather baffle O ring.
That being said....replacing the gasket under the rocker box would require removing the rockers.
Im thinking more of just re-torque the rocker box housing and replace the Breather O ring..
Would anyone else put the effort into this....or just wait for a top end tear down??
Thanks for your comments!
I gained a fair amount of knowledge from the threads on this forum! Very stoked to be a part of it!
I'd consider myself a pretty fair wrench. Not afraid of mechanicals.
In any event...
I noticed a bit of oil weep on my 88B, coming from the passage way just behind the rear cylinder spark plug. Its not much. I scrubbed it away, last wash. It returned.
Not that big a deal, really. My motor is about to turn 25,000. But, I like to handle things before they go big....
My question is...Does anyone think its a good idea to pull the tank, seat, and rocker box cover... to inspect and re-torque the rocker box housing?
After staring at the manual and the cylinder, i figure the leak is either the gasket under the rocker box housing and/or the breather baffle O ring.
That being said....replacing the gasket under the rocker box would require removing the rockers.
Im thinking more of just re-torque the rocker box housing and replace the Breather O ring..
Would anyone else put the effort into this....or just wait for a top end tear down??
Thanks for your comments!
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I would not worry about a weep but if it developed a drip it could get annoying. Mine has always slobbered from the intake at high rpm but I just wipe the old girl's chin and keep getting up. Do not torque the heads. They are a stretch torque down at torque and then angle. O-ring rubber is just getting hard. Probably at 75-100k or 10 years it will drip. Long ways away. Enjoy it. Do not be it's slave
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From: Arizona
I would not worry about a weep but if it developed a drip it could get annoying. Mine has always slobbered from the intake at high rpm but I just wipe the old girl's chin and keep getting up. Do not torque the heads. They are a stretch torque down at torque and then angle. O-ring rubber is just getting hard. Probably at 75-100k or 10 years it will drip. Long ways away. Enjoy it. Do not be it's slave
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