Re: RE: Uh Oh !

["David Arnett" <DArnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If I were you, I would try to identify the source of the leak.  but first, the area must be cleaned thoroughly with degreaser and low pressure water (not from a pressure washer).  I tried wiping the suspected area on my ST first, but the stuff reappeared.  It did not seem to go away until I thoroughly douche'd the area with degreaser.  Is your oil level dropping?  

>>> "Martin Wilson" <banzaibandit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 08/02 4:21 PM >>>
Unfortunately I don't think it is.
I wiped a finger across the bottom of the engine and it was wet with oil.
The bike has done 850 miles so I don't think it's a protective film.
Also it's not spots, the whole of the back of the oil cooler is covered.

Martin W.
Triumph Sprint ST (99)
Bandit6
Too Dangerous to live, Too Stupid to Die
http://www.onewheelsenough.freeserve.co.uk/BanzaiBAndit/ 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of David
> Arnett
> Sent: 02 August 1999 21:19
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Subject: Re: Uh Oh !
>
>
>
> .....However it was while looking at how to get to this that a
> more important
> problem arose.
> I noticed what seemed to be fairly fresh oil on the bottom of the
> oil filter
> and engine, on closer investigation it looks as though the whole
> of the back
> of the oil cooler has a coating of oil, also all the area around it has a
> covering of 'gunge' although the bike has yet to see wet weather !
> I'll be on the phone to the dealer in the morning, this isn't good just
> before the holiday !
>
> Martin W.
> Triumph Sprint ST (99)
> Bandit6
>
>
>
> Martin,
>
> I had the same alarm!!  I noticed oily wet spots in various parts
> of the oil cooler when the bike was brand new.  It totally had me
> baffled, as the oily spots were in several places, where as a
> leak would generally come from one spot, not several.  As it
> turns out, and according to the dealership, the wet grung (which
> I had left so that I could show them) was leftover "coating" that
> they supossedly spray the bike down with prior to trans-ocean
> shipping.  They said that they must have not gotten all of it
> off, and what I pointed out to them was residual goo that came
> out when the bike reached sustained operating temperatures.
> Well, I really had a hard time believing them, but I guess they
> were right because I liberally hit the oil cooler with degreaser
> and the wet spots never appeared again!  I hope that this is the
> case for you!
>
> David
>
>
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