My 650 has some of that 'super putty' around where one of the oil lines goes in the back of the engine (between cylinders1&2). I've never investigated as to whether the banjo bolt, the line, or the block itself is what's cracked, but it does 'weep' oil into the little galley next to the starter. It was like that when I got the bike, and I just keep an eye on the oil level, and try to wipe up in there from time to time.
- James O'Gorman On May 13, 2011, at 7:46 PM, Dave wrote: > The valve cover seepage/leak doesn't bother me as much as the leak > near the starter, but I'll def try retorqueing the cover to see about > that leak, thanks for that suggestion > > On May 13, 7:13 pm, "Allen Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Try re-torqueing the valve cover that might stop that leak since it isn't >> under oil pressure. >> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dave <[email protected]> >> >> Sender: [email protected] >> Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 15:45:51 >> To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!<[email protected]> >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] 86 700s oil leak >> >> my bike has developed an oil leak from what appears to be the back of >> the starter, its not major, but its noticeable. I was looking at bike >> bandit to try to find if there is a seal there or something, but I >> can't seem to find one. Anyone else have this problem and now how to >> fix it? Also, I have a small leak in the valve cover gasket. Any >> idea on a price and where to buy on the cheap? I know the bike isn't >> over oiled, I checked the dipstick and it was actually quite a bit >> low, so I added some last week and haven't checked it since (I >> probably should get on that!)... the bike gets a lot of high revs and >> a lot of in-town running (3 mi in-town to work), and 100 mi+ runs on >> the weekends. But anyways, anyone have any insight? Thanks. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
