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From: crn on 11 Apr 2010 17:43
Gyp <Gyp(a)gyponline.co.uk> wrote:
> Little puddles of oil under the engine aren't good, are they?

Which bike ?

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From: Gyp on 11 Apr 2010 17:53
<crn(a)NOSPAM.netunix.com> wrote:
> Gyp <Gyp(a)gyponline.co.uk> wrote:
> > Little puddles of oil under the engine aren't good, are they?
>
> Which bike ?
>

It's the busa that's incontinent. Home from work early tomorrow to get
the fairing off so I can start investigating.

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From: sweller on 12 Apr 2010 00:44
Gyp wrote:

> Little puddles of oil under the engine aren't good, are they?

Put a tray or some newspaper under the bike so you won't told off for
making a mess - other than that *I* wouldn't worry too much...

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From: The Older Gentleman on 12 Apr 2010 02:04
Gyp <Gyp(a)gyponline.co.uk> wrote:

> Little puddles of oil under the engine aren't good, are they?

No. Big puddles are what you want.

If it's coming from the gearlever oil seal, that was an old Suzuki
favourite and relatively easily fixed. Anywhere else is prolly not good
news.


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From: Gyp on 12 Apr 2010 03:11
The Older Gentleman wrote:
> Gyp <Gyp(a)gyponline.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Little puddles of oil under the engine aren't good, are they?
>
> No. Big puddles are what you want.
>
> If it's coming from the gearlever oil seal, that was an old Suzuki
> favourite and relatively easily fixed. Anywhere else is prolly not good
> news.

Cursory glance indicates that it's coming from somewhere around the
lower front of the engine. I'm hoping that it's simply my incompetence
with the oil and filter change done when I first got the bike and
nothing more sinister.

As the bike came from a trader, I guess I need to be careful not to do
too much when I should be throwing it back at him, but similarly I don't
want to cart it a hundred miles or so to discover that I've not
tightened the oil filter up enough.

Of course, it's very hard to tell if this is a long term problem or
something new, as the bike had been cleaned very thoroughly before sale.

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