No oil leaks..
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If its not on the floor you have left it all on the road outside! !!
Remember if its not leaking its empty! !!
If by some miracle it has oil in then you need to do 2 things...
1. Go put the lottery on as this is your lucky day.
2. Tell us what oils you use so we can all get some.
Remember if its not leaking its empty! !!
If by some miracle it has oil in then you need to do 2 things...
1. Go put the lottery on as this is your lucky day.
2. Tell us what oils you use so we can all get some.
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You did not actually mention what bike it is........... lol.
On a serious note, they don't have to leak like sieves, but not one leak at all, very nice indeed, do you have one of those PCV valves by any chance?, I mention this as I have one to go onto my Interstate, wish full thinking!,
John
On a serious note, they don't have to leak like sieves, but not one leak at all, very nice indeed, do you have one of those PCV valves by any chance?, I mention this as I have one to go onto my Interstate, wish full thinking!,
John
ludwig said:You must have made a mistake while adding oil .
This is how it is done :
Ludwig - that is true. When I was a young student I worked part time at a Shell gas station. One day a lady arrived for a fill up and I asked if I could check the oil and water. She said, no she would do it. She opened the hood, took off the oil filler cap, looked inside, then went and got the 1 gallon water can and poured it into the cylinder head!
ludwig said:You must have made a mistake while adding oil .
This is how it is done :
I worked in an engineering firm that had as another part of the business supplying oil and industrial consumables. The sales rep a middle aged man with years of experience in the motor an industrial oil supply business had a company car an the oil was low due to a developing oil leak problem (so its not just old bikes☺) As he was at a petrol station and the car was carrying samples of engine oil he decided to put some in so as not to damage the engine before the leak was fixed. He then filled the engine with oil literary to top of the filler cap!!! It wet sumped just like a commando when he tried to start it wrecked the starter motor an a few oil seals to.
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pete.v said:
I was suspicious, but it's listed as "VALVE - BREATHER PIPE - 1/2" - 200000 ONWARD & ALL 850 & 920" on the Norvil website. I also remember a page on the website about wet sumping which said Norvil advised never to fit an anti-drain valve. Have a look yourself.
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Duh Norton's long experience and wisdom provided for that area oil wash off by the Amal ticklers, sheeze. It can have more than one source besides the immediate case seam so look close at barrel base and above. I find that upper case seam the hardest to keep sealed even over head gasket and tranny and fork or brake leaks. If you have a decent PCV installed and still puddling, suspect too mild timid initial break in procedure with oiled rings &/or air filtration leak too. This is the area that caused me to post links to Hylomar as its about the only sealer that is flexible enough to take up the slight opening of the seam under power and rpm loads while the others tend to crack instead of stretching. Re-sealing this area after carb boots failed and ate rings in Trixie is only reason i've taken her apart this year instead of riding - as had run out of Hylomar and my helper talked me out of the short delay of placing thread in seam. Oh well live and learn the Commando messy repeated lesions way. Btw do you know which sealer you used to help educate us on pecking order there.
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The oil is coming from the Norvil in line breather that I fitted (like a pcv valve). I took it off as there was that slimy white yellow oily goo coming out below the bike. It was full of the goo on the non return side of it that leads to the oil tank. I have cleaned it all out with petrol and it now all works fine. The end fittings have new ptfe tape to seal the threads. I think this would be better vented to atmosphere as soon after the valve as possible because currently it has to go through a reducer to get to the tank which is probably too much back pressure and more likely to cause condensation in the oil.
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