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Re: [ST] the oil drip
My 2000 RS does the same thing but I couldn't figure
out why. Now when I take it in for it's next service I
will know what to tell them to look for. Thanks.
Chris Brant
long time lurker
00 lucifer orange RS
- --- Jim <pcthiker@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well i am sure that you all have just been dying to
> hear about the
> solution to my oil leak. i took it to the shop and
> they originally
> found that the leak came from the drain bolt. So
> they replaced the
> gasket and said "its done" So i drove the hour to
> get the bike and rode
> it home. i was happy the next morning when i did
> not find any oil. it
> was just a tease. i rode for about 60 miles that
> day and parked the
> bike. the next morning i saw oil drips on the
> ground. i rode it to
> work and there was more oil when i got done with
> work. So off to the
> shop i went. here is hopefully the final trip for
> this problem.
>
> The mechanic sprayed the engine with desinex in
> order to better see the
> leak. they started the bike and waited. the engine
> warmed up and they
> shut it off. they came back and saw that it had
> leaked out of the drain
> plug again. now here is the interesting part. it
> was not leaking from
> around the bolt. it was leaking thru the bolt head.
> So they got a new
> bolt. and it supposedly works fine. The mechainc
> said that the bolt
> must have been cracked at an oil change from being
> tightened to much.
> and since the last time i got an oil change was from
> trackstar
> motorsports i am suspecting it happened when i got
> my 12000 service.
>
> i heard that trackstar does not work on triumphs
> anymore....maybe that
> is not a bad thing. thanks for the advice as to
> where to look for the
> oil leak.
>
> Jim in VTA
>
>
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