oil window?

[Smokinapankake]

Pearson,

You got a 82 Katana? Would love to see some pics....

[mainlymetal]

Seriously drain it into a clean container and you can get the gasket at a Suzuki dealer.

[Agemax]

i had the same problem with my gs1000. the sight glass was badly tarnished and i couldnt see the level. a good friend of mine gave me a good tip...........
i replaced the sight glass with one from a kawasaki gpz305. it is a perfect fit and has no metal back plate. makes reading the oil level much easier and if it does get murky with age,is much easier to clean.
a lot cheaper than a genuine suzuki item too

[shadowfist]

here's a picture for reference, as you can see, there is definately something in there that shouldn't be, I will probably have a chance to clean it out this weekend sometime. I want to track down a new gasket first (local powersport store has to order one in) has anyone used the "liquid gaskets"?

[Overdrive]

wow, shadow, you weren't kidding. There is definitely some unwanted schmutz in there.

I have to say your window looks a hell of a lot cleaner than mine, unless you took that picture with an empty case. I can't even see that clearly into mine. Of course, as someone suggested, it could be that there's too much oil rather than it being a cloudy window, and I also (unfortunately) am lacking in the sidestand dept., so I'd have to have someone stand the bike for me or something while I check.

But when the bike is on the side stand and when it's upright the window's clarity does not change. Guess I'll just have to find out when I do my first oil change.

[Larry D]

has anyone used the "liquid gaskets"?

I made mine out of sheet gasket material. Don't use gaskets from a tube. There's little, to no, oil pressure on that cover, it just sloshes around. Please use a real gasket though, the other just causes problems when a little chunk comes off and makes it way to your oil pump.

[Smokinapankake]

So, Shadowfist,

Have you had a chance to get in there and look at it?

Curious to know what it was.....

[shadowfist]

So, Shadowfist,

Have you had a chance to get in there and look at it?

Curious to know what it was.....

well, i havent yet because my bike is stranded at a friends house
you can read all about my troubles over in that thread here

EDIT: well i got my bike back from my friends house and got it running again :-D
so i havent cracked over the side of the engine yet because i was busy doing the happy dance :-D
but i did snap another pic of the obstruction :