karaszp
12-18-2004, 09:47 AM
Just thought y'all would like to know...
In an earlier post I mentioned that when I pulled the tupperware from my ST1300 for periodic maintenance I discovered oil seepage at the head gasket on both sides of the engine. Took it in to the dealer to have it looked at because the bike is still under warranty.
The cause turned out to be not the head gasket but an inspection port of some kind on top of the engine in the V between the two cylinder banks. It was installed without a gasket and there were puddles of oil in the area which then seeped down around the cylinders. This port seems to have no function, is not documented in the shop manual and according to the Service Manager he couldn't get any information on it from his contacts at Honda engineering. To fix it they put a gasket under it and screwed it shut. I picked the bike up yesterday and it rides fine up to 120 mph indicated so they apparently reassembled it correctly.
It seems I've heard something similar happening on some ST1100-s. Is that correct or is this unique to the ST1300-s. What say ye out there?
Pete
In an earlier post I mentioned that when I pulled the tupperware from my ST1300 for periodic maintenance I discovered oil seepage at the head gasket on both sides of the engine. Took it in to the dealer to have it looked at because the bike is still under warranty.
The cause turned out to be not the head gasket but an inspection port of some kind on top of the engine in the V between the two cylinder banks. It was installed without a gasket and there were puddles of oil in the area which then seeped down around the cylinders. This port seems to have no function, is not documented in the shop manual and according to the Service Manager he couldn't get any information on it from his contacts at Honda engineering. To fix it they put a gasket under it and screwed it shut. I picked the bike up yesterday and it rides fine up to 120 mph indicated so they apparently reassembled it correctly.
It seems I've heard something similar happening on some ST1100-s. Is that correct or is this unique to the ST1300-s. What say ye out there?
Pete