Re: New owner - oil cooler question

[Eric Sheley <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:22 AM 04/26/1999 -0700, Oliver wrote:
>  Bought a ST two weeks ago and have only put about 140 miles on it (on the 
>road during the week). Grins all the way ... 

Welcome aboard - I'm sure there will be more grins to come especially as
you get out of the RPM restricted range.

>   Much to my dismay I noticed a thick film of oil and dirt covering the
right 
>side (from the front) of the oil cooler - not the fins themselves but
rather on 
>the circular sections that make up the radiator. I can post a picture at the 
>end of the week when I get back home. In any case, this did not look OK - 
>reminding me more of a twenty year old beater's oil pan :-(. I checked the
left 
>side of the cooler, dry as a bone. 
>  Any thoughts? Has anyone else seens this? 

Was it wet or just accumulation? If it looked like accumulation, my
recommendation would be to thoroughly clean the area and then run the bike.
If you have a leak, it should show itself pretty readily. I have heard of
one T5 that took a stone in the cooler, which caused a leak, but it was
real obvious. Hopefully it was accumulation of shipping protector that did
not get cleaned off thoroughly and then picked up road grime from the front
tire ....

Keep us updated and what you find

- - Eric


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