Subject: Re: Oil Leak
Author: Plsch-@aol.com
Date: Apr 25, 2003, 7:20 PM
Post ID: 1712761362
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In a message dated 04/25/2003 2:43:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
peha-@aol.com writes:
| Did you recently torque your heads? This oil leak is usually a symptom of a failed seal where there is a plug for the top center headbolt. The older bikes have an aluminum crush washer which is usually pretty reliable. The newer bikes use a rubber o-ring which is great until it gets really hot and hard and loses its resiliency |
No never touched them. Its all original. Seems to have started by itself.
Thanks for the info about the washers
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 04/25/2003 2:43:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time, peha-@aol.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Did you recently torque your heads? This oil leak is usually a symptom of a failed seal where there is a plug for the top center headbolt. The older bikes have an aluminum crush washer which is usually pretty reliable. The newer bikes use a rubber o-ring which is great until it gets really hot and hard and loses its resiliency</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>No never touched them. Its all original. Seems to have started by itself. Thanks for the info about the washers</FONT></HTML>
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