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GSR please save my bike! major oil leak on startup after rebuild

  • Thread starter Thread starter rangerdanger
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Well i think i fixed it, id love to ride and figure it out but here in IL its 32 and windy as hell. So no riding for me.

I did pull it all apart..again... I did in fact bring home a straight edge borrowed from another tech at my workplace. Checked the deck of the bores and did a "flashlight test". basically placed the straight edge and shined a light behind it, to visually see any gaps, passed with flying colors.

Then i discovered my leak culprit! I had a miniscule piece of old gasket at that corner, on the inside corner of the #1 bore, pretty much inboard to the placement of the egg shaped o-ring.

used a razor blade and some trans fluid to soften the stubborn gasket and scraped it off, then used 600 grit and trans fluid to scuff it clean, put a super thin layer of form-in-place-gasket(toyota branded black sealant used for oil pans, water pumps, cam plugs, anything that seals anything) and reassembled.

Torqued, heat cycled, torqued again, check for leaks.

NONE!

Boom. lets go riding. hah
 
im just glad it looks like a motorcycle again.

For about 3 months it was scattered over 3 rooms in my house, and half my garage!
 
Who made the seat? It does look like a bike.
So, the leak was a small over-looked piece of gasket eh?
Teaches us all to double and triple check everything. ;)

Glad to hear you figured it out albeit, the hard way. :(

Daniel
 
Seat was my doings. i hate this seat, its ugly and ruins the bikes lines. but its a stock king-queen "L" seat, that i trimmed down...and by trimmed down i mean its two beach towels stuffed under the cover....:p


Im watching a gs750 flat seat on ebay right now. so hopefully that will be on here soon.
 
Why not get an L seat pan and have the seat made at a shop?
It should be a lot easier to make it fit.

Daniel
 
Just remember that we all learnt the same way that you will.BY THE MISTAKES YOU MAKE.Learn something from each one you make and you'll end up an expert.
 
Glad you found the culprit... I work at a Toyota Dealership also... Form in place black goo does work pretty good... used it as a temp valve cover gasket... Where in Il. do you live?
Curt
 
bellucci said:
Glad you found the culprit... I work at a Toyota Dealership also... Form in place black goo does work pretty good... used it as a temp valve cover gasket... Where in Il. do you live?
Curt
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Elgin area. im assuming you work at fox lake toyota?
 
Yes, I am in sales here... been with Toyota a long time. If Mike Conte is still there, tell him I said hey...
Curt Hermann
 
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bellucci said:
Yes, I am in sales here... been with Toyota a long time. If Mike Conte is still there, tell him I said hey...
Curt Hermann
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Is Shawn still in service there? Cause that's who I bought the bike from. I don't know his last name.
 
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