![]() 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
![]() 05/15/2019 at 16:29 |
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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.
![]() 05/15/2019 at 16:31 |
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8 years of bike maintenance and this is the first time you fucked up like this
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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
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Daytona and Street Triple are nice-looking bikes!
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i mean...there is 100% something wrong with me there is no question about that :)
![]() 05/15/2019 at 16:52 |
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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.
![]() 05/15/2019 at 16:54 |
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no it was loose and leaking. hence the 1L/2000km thing
and yea same picture twice. KINJA
![]() 05/15/2019 at 17:01 |
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I was going to say, you have TWO 675 Triples and made the same mistake on BOTH of them?
![]() 05/15/2019 at 17:02 |
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You’re just spare parts aren’t ya bud
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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.
![]() 05/15/2019 at 17:17 |
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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.
![]() 05/15/2019 at 17:32 |
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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.
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On the bright side, you would have been a bigger idiot had you put it on too tightly.
![]() 05/15/2019 at 17:57 |
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I changed the oil on my dads car and actually crawled under there a second time to make sure the filter was snug.
![]() 05/15/2019 at 18:14 |
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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.
![]() 05/15/2019 at 18:28 |
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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
![]() 05/15/2019 at 18:41 |
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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.
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I don’t know what following really does.
![]() 05/15/2019 at 19:14 |
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It makes people feel better about themselves
Lol honestly idk either
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Oh in that case, I shall follow you also.
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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.
![]() 05/15/2019 at 20:45 |
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Its over for you. It's all downhill from here on out. Soon you'll be forgetting what you had for breakfast
![]() 05/16/2019 at 00:32 |
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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
![]() 05/16/2019 at 03:06 |
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Maybe it wasn’t too lose, maybe a defect with the gasket?
![]() 05/17/2019 at 00:40 |
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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).
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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.
![]() 05/17/2019 at 01:16 |
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RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!
SO BRITISH!!!!!!
![]() 05/17/2019 at 01:59 |
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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.
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where is that particular piece? and what are my options for fixing it?
![]() 05/17/2019 at 08:08 |
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Any chance you had it right, and the new leak is just leftover that was pooled somewhere in the frame or bodywork?
![]() 05/17/2019 at 09:09 |
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nope. old oil was green, this puddle was red. *sigh*
![]() 05/17/2019 at 09:25 |
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Good luck, then
![]() 05/17/2019 at 18:54 |
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Opposite of the oil filter. Has coolant pipes going to it.
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Update:well shit...
![]() 05/20/2019 at 17:50 |
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Your best option is a billet air cooled piece. You could just replacethe st ocker though if its an issue.
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okay. and what do with the coolant pipes after?
![]() 05/21/2019 at 12:45 |
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Just plug them. Ill send you pictures of my setup later
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