I am le idiot(UPDATE)

"bob and john" (bobandjohn)
05/17/2019 at 00:07 • Filed to: None

So, there was a oil leak. BAD. 1L/2000KM. I was freaking out over it.

turn out, I didnt tighten the oil filter enough and it was leaking from there.

D’OH.

8 years of bike maintenance. This is the first time I’ve fucked up like this. I feel like a total moron. but at the same time, I’m super relieved that there isnt anything wrong with it

UPDATE BELOW:
As it turns out, it wasnt the oil filter...at least entirely. I came home today to a neat little splotch of motul 7100 under the bike in the garage -.-’’’’

FUCK

DISCUSSION (38)

PartyPooper2012 > bob and john
05/15/2019 at 16:29

It happens. I had an oil filter gasket fall off during installation. Turned car on. Oil as far as the eye can see. Luckily I check under car after oil change to make sure I didn’t leave anything out.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > bob and john
05/15/2019 at 16:31

8 years of bike maintenance and this is the first time you fucked up like this

......

what if there is something wrong with you instead?

early onset dementia yo! (hey for once doctor google didnt say it was cancer... you’re lucky)

or could be you just had a brainfart... happens to everyone :p

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > bob and john
05/15/2019 at 16:34

Daytona and Street Triple are nice-looking bikes!

bob and john > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
05/15/2019 at 16:37

i mean...there is 100% something wrong with me there is no question about that :)

Lexus Official > bob and john
05/15/2019 at 16:52

Are these the same image posted twice, or am I failing at a “find the differences” type kids’ challenge?

Stunning bike by the way.

And at least it was only loose and not leaking, loose can lead to undone and gone, and then you have oil starvation and death very rapidly. Or in a bike, fires.

bob and john > Lexus Official
05/15/2019 at 16:54

no it was loose and leaking. hence the 1L/2000km thing

and yea same picture twice. KINJA

McMike > bob and john
05/15/2019 at 17:01

I was going to say, you have TWO 675 Triples and made the same mistake on BOTH of them?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > bob and john
05/15/2019 at 17:02

You’re just spare parts aren’t ya bud

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > Lexus Official
05/15/2019 at 17:12

ah i’ve been trying to catch you on a post. so did you gain authorship from any mods yet? look at the bar under the oppo logo at the clubopenings thing and comment on the most recent post there asking for authorship and party-vi should approve you now that you’ve been commenting more.

Darkbrador > bob and john
05/15/2019 at 17:17

l’idiot, not le idiot. Sorry to be that guy.

As an old mustachioed mechanic in the army told me once, if it leaks there is still some in there. So it’s a good news.

Lexus Official > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute
05/15/2019 at 17:32

Yes I did. I actually clicked around some and found the post where I can request to a mod to grant my the rights to post and they responded very promptly.

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > bob and john
05/15/2019 at 17:52

On the bright side, you would have been a bigger idiot had you put it on too tightly.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > bob and john
05/15/2019 at 17:57

I changed the oil on my dads car and actually crawled under there a second time to make sure the filter was snug.

Gerry197 > bob and john
05/15/2019 at 18:14

The motorcycles I’ve owned required the tightening of the oil filter more so than I was comfortable with, especially coming from cars. So I see where you are coming from.

Example is my SV650 requires tw o full turns after contact, not the haft to 3/4 turns of most car filters.

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > Lexus Official
05/15/2019 at 18:28

Good stuff. I followed you to see if it would permanently ungray you but now I assume it said Oppositelock now follows you which does that and gives you authorship, I think. Now the real question is should I still follow youlol

The Compromiser > bob and john
05/15/2019 at 18:41

You removed some torques to save weight. Just one too many. On mine, the filter is at the back, in front of the wheel. Leaks=M r. T oad’s wild ride.

Lexus Official > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute
05/15/2019 at 18:57

I don’t know what following really does.

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > Lexus Official
05/15/2019 at 19:14

It makes people feel better about themselves

Lol honestly idk either

Lexus Official > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute
05/15/2019 at 19:27

Oh in that case, I shall follow you also.

jimz > bob and john
05/15/2019 at 20:04

at least you didn’t do the old “forget to check the old gasket wasn’t still on the engine” thing. that is a messy rookie mistake.

MrDakka > bob and john
05/15/2019 at 20:45

Its over for you. It's all downhill from here on out. Soon you'll be forgetting what you had for breakfast

bob and john > Gerry197
05/16/2019 at 00:32

dude i’ve had like 9 SV’s I only ever dide 1. even my Z1000 only needed 3/4 of a turn. either way, not a mistake that will be made a second time

Gerry197 > bob and john
05/16/2019 at 03:06

Maybe it wasn’t too lose, maybe a defect with the gasket?

jminer > bob and john
05/17/2019 at 00:40

Oil leaks are never fun to track down. I had one on my CB500 that I was sure was a filter gasket, then I was sure it was the oil pan gasket and so on through several other gaskets.

It ended up being the shifter seal.

I ended up replacing a lot of 45 year old gaskets on the bike by the time I was done, but it was exhausting and frustrating. Now the only leak is a weep from the head gasket (oil cooled so no real issue other than cosmetic).

bob and john > jminer
05/17/2019 at 00:55

i’ve been talking with a few other triple owners and my next guess is counter shaft seal. then oil pan. then shifter.

if no dice there, then I’m really going to start freaking out.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > bob and john
05/17/2019 at 01:16

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!

SO BRITISH!!!!!!

Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) > bob and john
05/17/2019 at 01:59

Check the heat exchanger / oil cooler. Its the most likely failure point. Another tip is clean the motor with brake cleaner then blow baby powder on it. It will help tou track down the source of a leak.

bob and john > Biggus Dickus (RevsBro)
05/17/2019 at 02:05

where is that particular piece? and what are my options for fixing it?