Greeks Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Slight problem here with the hithertoo very reliable BOB.Wife sms'ed me today to say there's oil all the way down the drive and it's filling the oil catch pan in the garage. I got home to find a 300 metre trail of oil down the drive and into the garage ... and a dry dipstick.It's come from the passenger side of the engine but having run a beer tasting this afternoon i'm not really in a state to investigate right now. So ... I've mentioned the relatively high oil pressure before, anyone got an idea what the first thing to give in might be?Sump plug is in situSpin-off filter is intactOil pressure gauge line looks fineDipstick seal intact and dry.Tomorrow morning's gonna be a PITA :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy thompson Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Fill up with cheap oil and start it up... leak will become apparent - has the spin on filter been touching the inner chassis rail? They can split there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeks Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 yeah, paint chipped their before ... but no sign of a split. Will get out the degreaser and give it a go tomorrow anyway I reckon.... and the garage floor was pristine until now :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferny Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 But I bet it shines now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedTaylor Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Greeks wrote:... and the garage floor was pristine until now :(Not a proper garage floor then ............. ;DTed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nang Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Engine-Oil-Stop-Leak-Smoke-TRIUMPH-TR2-TR3-TR3A-TR4-TR4A-TR5-TR6-TR7-TR8-fix-/350619811815?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D14%26meid%3D3206244985107235432%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1006%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D350619811815%26Maybe you need one of these. ;DTony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Graham I'm not sure if you saw my issues prior to the rbrr but high oil pressure caused mine to dump its oil from the oil filter seal....maybe yours is doing something similar?Have you checked the PRV to make sure its not been uprated?There's two spring lengths.....the longer the higher the oil pressure.Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeks Posted November 4, 2012 Author Share Posted November 4, 2012 1526 wrote:Not a proper garage floor then ............. ;DTedWell i've got a separate shed to spill the oil everywhere ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeks Posted November 4, 2012 Author Share Posted November 4, 2012 Alex wrote:Graham I'm not sure if you saw my issues prior to the rbrr but high oil pressure caused mine to dump its oil from the oil filter seal....maybe yours is doing something similar?Have you checked the PRV to make sure its not been uprated?There's two spring lengths.....the longer the higher the oil pressure.AlexMate, that's something I thought of - but the good lady SWMBO reckoned there weren't any noises.Anyway, it turned out to be the oil pressure switch had given up the ghost - leaking from all three pins! >:( Slightly ironic.Went out to the main road to see how far it had been leaking and very very luckily for BOB (and all the bikes that race along the twisties) it only started leaking at the end of our drive. Phew.Looks like a tapered thread, so i'll not jam a bolt in there for the meanwhile and wait til i can get a replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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