Help wanted, oil leak.
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Help wanted, oil leak.
I try to foung a oil leak on my 1995 softail.
My question, I have a leak below the stator connector in the motor crankcase.
CAn I have a leak from that place or the leak come from the oring between motor and primary ?
THe oil leak only when I ride.
My question, I have a leak below the stator connector in the motor crankcase.
CAn I have a leak from that place or the leak come from the oring between motor and primary ?
THe oil leak only when I ride.
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From: Clermont, GA, CSA
One of the big problems with oil leaks other than the leak is finding exactly where it's coming from. Especially on motorcycles with all the air swirling around riding down the highway. So here's what to do to help find the exact spot it's leaking from.
Go buy some women's deoderant that has BABY POWDER in it.
Wash your bike GOOD. Get ALL the oil mess off of it. Be sure and get it ALL.
Let it air dry, or use a hair dryer or leaf blower. Get it DRY. Be sure it's DRY, even if you have to wait for a few hours.
When you're SURE it's good and dry, spray it down good with the baby powder deoderant in the area you think the leak is coming from. Make sure it's covered good. It wouldn't hurt to go ahead and coat the entire motor.
Now, get a chair and a beer. Crank it up and let it idle. As it warms and begins to leak, the white baby powder will turn dark.
The hard part in this process is making sure your motor is dry before you spray it with the baby powder deoderant. If it's not dry, water will look like a leak as it will turn dark too.
Mal
Go buy some women's deoderant that has BABY POWDER in it.
Wash your bike GOOD. Get ALL the oil mess off of it. Be sure and get it ALL.
Let it air dry, or use a hair dryer or leaf blower. Get it DRY. Be sure it's DRY, even if you have to wait for a few hours.
When you're SURE it's good and dry, spray it down good with the baby powder deoderant in the area you think the leak is coming from. Make sure it's covered good. It wouldn't hurt to go ahead and coat the entire motor.
Now, get a chair and a beer. Crank it up and let it idle. As it warms and begins to leak, the white baby powder will turn dark.
The hard part in this process is making sure your motor is dry before you spray it with the baby powder deoderant. If it's not dry, water will look like a leak as it will turn dark too.
Mal
That is the coolest trick I have ever heard of!
Have you tried taking a torque wrench to the bolts in the area? I had a bike rattle itself loose and a loose bolt was the culprit.
Have you tried taking a torque wrench to the bolts in the area? I had a bike rattle itself loose and a loose bolt was the culprit.
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I swear my front brakes were leaking especially after I added the ape hangers. I looked all around and then it turned out to be the left fork seal. It was on my pant leg after further inspection. I have no idea how it got wet but since my bike is almost 20 years old it had to go eventually.... right? Whatever! Yeah, that deodorant trick sounds cool
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