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Developed oil leak???

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Hello all. I replaced my valve cover gasket with a new one. Had to spend a couple of hours carefully scraping off the old one with a razor blade, especially the center section of the head. Needless to say, a few pieces fell into the the valve train and cam chain area. I vacumed it out the best I could. I disconnected the oil cooler at the oil filter cover and capped the nipples. I figured I would warm it up on the center stand and run it through the gears, at idle, to filter out any loose pieces of the old gasket. Then change oil & filter. I started it up and all indicator lights stayed on! I let it run for about 30 sec., shut it down, checked all around the valve cover, all good. Stated it again, same thing happened. Shut it down. Then I noticed a couple of drops of oil on the floor under the motor, then I saw an oil leak at the front right of the oil pan. What could of happened?:mad: It has not been run for about 25 days prier to this.[ '82 GS1100EZ } Thanks in advance.
 
Stupid me. I just figured it out. No oil could go through the filter. therefore no oil pressure. Pressure build up in oil pump blew oil oil pan gasket:mad: Sorry to waste your time.
 
Not a waste, as others can learn even from mistakes....

Glad you found the source of the oil leak, and nothing worse happened
 
I hope you were lucky. Roller bearings on the crank will survive 30 seconds with no oil pressure. Cam caps might not.
 
Hi again. Took her for a short ride, 50 miles, today. No problems. I dodged a bullet this time.
 
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