Small oil leak on cooling fins

[antipeterleague]

Originally Posted by mrlmd1

If you dust the area with talcum powder you can easily spot the exact location of an oil leak.

What are the signs?

[Water Warrior 2]

Originally Posted by antipeterleague

What are the signs?

The talc with adhere to any oil deposit and likely change color.

[mrlmd1]

Everything else will have a light coat of white dust. You can plainly see the oil leak by a blackened area.

[antipeterleague]

Awesome I will apply the powder this evening and ride it a few days to see if this is a reoccurring issue. rode it twice yesterday with no signs of any oil. thanks again you've all been of great assistance.

[mrlmd1]

Your bike will have that nice powdery fresh smell too.
Just a very light dusting, don't pile it on.

[antipeterleague]

Update: finally signs of some leaking




Wha puzzles me though, is that if the leak is from that exhaust connection, it drips onto the fun below it which has no opening to reach the book where the spark plug is located.

[GZ250]

if you check my post "Two leaks and Two easy repairs" you will notice a lot of burnt oil on the fins and that was all coming from the leaking seal in the exhaust. It was hard to detect first and as i said when you are riding the air throws all the oil backwards on the head. I also had a lot of oil near the spark plug and how it reaches there I don't know. (may be The Thing likes that place to hide).

Before doing anything change the seals. They are easy and cheap.

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5761 - Two leaks and Two easy repairs

[antipeterleague]

Wicked. Will buy the parts this week and go for the kill.

[OldNTired]

Originally Posted by antipeterleague

Wicked. Will buy the parts this week and go for the kill.

Since you are finally going to turn a wrench, why not get hold of
a torque wrench (you can find them as cheap as $10)
and tighten those head bolts at the same time?
Whether it is the exhaust seals or the seal at the head,
keeping those bolts torqued can't hurt. As a bonus, you
will learn a lot.
Good luck with it, let us know how it went.

[antipeterleague]

I definitely intended on doing that :p