RE: Post-oil-change dribbling

["Pete Berg" <peteberg@xxxxxxxx>]

Paul, I used a Torx T50--per the ST FAQs page.  The drain plug is dry and
OK.  (Whew.)  No, the oil is definitely coming from the breather tube.

> Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 19:22:03 -0400
> From: "Paul Steinbacher" <psteinbacher@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: Post-oil-change dribbling
>
> What tool did you use to remove the drain plug? Torx I hope. If not take a
> close look at it, using an Allen will cause it to crack leaving you with a
> small leak at first.
>
> Paul & Dee
> >
> > I believe that using the whole jug will overfill it. When I've
> > changed my oil I find that
> > about 3.8 quarts fill it up. Not the 4 liters in the Triumph jug. I'd
> > suggest loosening the drain plug and letting some out..see if the
> > problem goes away.
> >
> > Erik
> >
> >
> > >After I changed the oil last weekend, the next morning I went
> out to the
> > >garage and there was an oil spot underneath the bike.  Not that small,
> > >either.  I figured that I didn't tighten the oil filter
> > sufficiently, so I
> > >gave it a little more wrench, then fired up the bike, and let it
> > idle some.
> > >Returned a few hours later to discover another oil spot!
> > >
> > >Tonight I took off the left body panels to investigate the source.
> > >Discovered that the oil is coming from the left-side breather tube.
> > >
> > >Is this a common phenomenon?  I used the Triumph 4T Racing oil.
> > According
> > >to previous posts, the quantity in the jug is precisely the
> > right amount to
> > >dump into the bike.  It's behaving like I overfilled it.


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