Patrick Reynolds wrote:
>
> Kraig,
>
> To the best of my visual inspection, the oil leak appeared to be coming from
> the left side clutch piston cover. I torqued the bolts down and additional 5
> Nm but that didn't help. The synthetic oil must have smaller molecules then
> the petroleum based oils thus allowing the oil to get into smaller openings or
> gaps. Keep in mind my gaskets are 11 years old. It was cheaper for me to just
> change the oil first then if the leak continued to replace the gaskets.
>
> Patrick 89 VMAX
>
Sounds like you have a leaking clutch slave cylinder and not an oil
leak. You may need to rebuild or replace the clutch slave. Is your
clutch lever soft? How about the fluid level in your master cylinder?
PDA
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