Oil leak, help me diagnose this problem
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Oil leak, help me diagnose this problem
Recently I had my bike (2005 ZX6R) serviced (oil change, new filter, oiled chain, etc, etc etc.) and a couple weeks afterwards some nice weather came around so I took my bike out on some nice empty backroads. After blasting around the county I got back home and noticed that oil was smearing around the side of my engine cover and when I peered behind the fairings, more oil seemed to the splattered against the left side of the engine.
I've uploaded some pictures of the oil (my bike takes synthetic oil):
http://www.filestance.com/0226081123.jpg
http://www.filestance.com/0226081124a.jpg
http://www.filestance.com/0226081124.jpg
After seeing the oil smeared on my bike, I remembered that at one point during my blast through the backroads I stopped at a stop sign and a bit of oil smoke emerged from the front of my bike. It stopped after about two seconds, and I figured it must have been caused by some brief rain that I had ridden through. However, now that I'm paying more attention to the bike, I can sometimes notice a faint burning oil kind of smell when I ride.
Any idea what's going on with my bike? Should I immediately stop riding the bike and have a mechanic take a look at it? Did the shop overfill my oil? Any insight would be much appreciated
I don't want to damage my bike :-/
I've uploaded some pictures of the oil (my bike takes synthetic oil):
http://www.filestance.com/0226081123.jpg
http://www.filestance.com/0226081124a.jpg
http://www.filestance.com/0226081124.jpg
After seeing the oil smeared on my bike, I remembered that at one point during my blast through the backroads I stopped at a stop sign and a bit of oil smoke emerged from the front of my bike. It stopped after about two seconds, and I figured it must have been caused by some brief rain that I had ridden through. However, now that I'm paying more attention to the bike, I can sometimes notice a faint burning oil kind of smell when I ride.
Any idea what's going on with my bike? Should I immediately stop riding the bike and have a mechanic take a look at it? Did the shop overfill my oil? Any insight would be much appreciated
I don't want to damage my bike :-/
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Re: Oil leak, help me diagnose this problem
can't see to much in the pics but mabey your filter is to loose or mabey stater cover is leaking. if you redo your cover, put yamabond 4 it will seal it up good. just my guess.
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