cowman Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 ahhhhh!!!.....i knew i was tempting fate by bragging about how well the trumpy went on the two recent big drives.Went on a local club run, only 200 miles, almost home and i could smell hot oil. Found the dizzy side of the bock with a film of oil covering it from the head down. No oil on head at all.Ive only lost a couple of mls down the dipstick, so not much oil lost but enough to find and fix the problem.Being no oil on head but from their down i thought small head gasket.No oil in water or water in oil.I still run the original canister oil filter, but has not been disturbed recently.Changed dizzy recently with good s/hand unit, could oil leak from base? I've checked base clamp and all seems fine but I'm sure there is an o-ring at base if dizzy?No oil at front of engine, oil film starts from coil and moves back to g/box.No oil leaks before this.Any help appreciated.Glen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy thompson Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 If O-ring on dizzy shaft was hard (very likely) then it could leak oil especially on a long hot run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeks Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I agree - I have the same leak ... is it easy to change the O-ring? I haven't had a look-see. I previously thought it was the fuel pump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowman Posted June 11, 2009 Author Share Posted June 11, 2009 Thanks Andy, lucky i thought of this last minute as i was about to rip the head off.Greeks, spoken to GTM today who tell me this is a "special" o-ring that they "happen" to stock. Its probably just an ordinary o-ring but as I've ordered other parts they are throwing one in the post. Ive been a bit cheeky and asked for two or three.PM your post address and i will send one down to you if you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedmonkey Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 blocked breather from rocker -this happend to the shed on the RBR 2,000 miles constant driving - lost nealy all its oil co driver thought the green oil light was the indicator repeater lamp coming on randomly -it was ok though as he woke me up in time to avoid terminal damge by driving into a deer at 40 mph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 ajp wrote:blocked breather from rocker -this happend to the shed on the RBR 2,000 miles constant driving - lost nealy all its oil co driver thought the green oil light was the indicator repeater lamp coming on randomly -it was ok though as he woke me up in time to avoid terminal damge by driving into a deer at 40 mphI love reading your anecdotes AJP. They're always very entertaining!!!!!! ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedmonkey Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Glad to entertain! back to oil film issue - I too thought the dizzy or fuel pump was to blame (didn’t even think to check the breather) as it was blocked oil was finding its way out everywhere- sussed it out at Dartmoor lodge area -lack of sleep had numbed my brain and to check the breather pipes leading to the carbs were not blocked I gave them a good suck filling my mouth/ lungs etc with a nice mix of super unleaded and octane booster tasted nice combined with the full strength Marlboro red I had on the go at the same time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeks Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 It's a good thing Caroline's a sensible young woman ... otherwise I'd be calling social security and getting them to come round and take your kids away :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeks Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 What I meant to say was ... Greeks wrote:It's a good thing Charlotte's a sensible young woman ... otherwise I'd be calling social security and getting them to come round and take your kids away :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedmonkey Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I keep phoning them but they wont take them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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