Well....I have an oil leak. This is my second ST1300 and this is the first problem of this nature I've encountered.
Description:
Thin coat of oil over the bottom half of the engine....w/dirt, of course....
I couldn't tell where the oil is coming from....as it's pretty much over the entire lower engine...more on the right side (as you sit the bike). I took a good look at the two weep holes and couldn't determine if the oil was coming from either. The valve cover area...on both sides is clean. I know that if I had a cover leak....it might be inboard and not visible. I've never had these cover off since buying the bike.
I have all the plastic off the bike to do some work....valve check, fluids, coolant...etc.
What a mess.
I've also never used a drop of oil between changes....but I now notice that the oil level is down in the site glass....from exactly in the middle of the two indicator bars...to just below the bottom bar.
The bike is running very well.
So....any ideas? I do have to remove the valve covers to do the valve check...maybe I'll find something then. Also...I've noted a thread that discussed an undocumented drain from the top of the engine, routed through to one of the lower weep holes. I'm not sure what oil and from where the oil comes from (starting point for this drain)....in that thread.
Any help is very welcome. The less I have to do to fix this...the better!
Forest
Description:
Thin coat of oil over the bottom half of the engine....w/dirt, of course....
I couldn't tell where the oil is coming from....as it's pretty much over the entire lower engine...more on the right side (as you sit the bike). I took a good look at the two weep holes and couldn't determine if the oil was coming from either. The valve cover area...on both sides is clean. I know that if I had a cover leak....it might be inboard and not visible. I've never had these cover off since buying the bike.
I have all the plastic off the bike to do some work....valve check, fluids, coolant...etc.
What a mess.
I've also never used a drop of oil between changes....but I now notice that the oil level is down in the site glass....from exactly in the middle of the two indicator bars...to just below the bottom bar.
The bike is running very well.
So....any ideas? I do have to remove the valve covers to do the valve check...maybe I'll find something then. Also...I've noted a thread that discussed an undocumented drain from the top of the engine, routed through to one of the lower weep holes. I'm not sure what oil and from where the oil comes from (starting point for this drain)....in that thread.
Any help is very welcome. The less I have to do to fix this...the better!
Forest
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