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Oil weeping from head

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Mad Ratter

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Hi all, have completed my build of my GS550E, but I have a slight oil leak coming from the head, both sides seemingly from where the 10mm nut is on top of the head, one side is worse than the other, its very slight but annoying cosidering the bike is now finished and engine painted and all looking new etc. I have been told that many of them do, is this true and is there a cure barr pulling head off again and inspecting?
Cheers in advance.

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Bike looks great, you should be proud of the work you did. My 550 has no oil leaks, so I think there is an issue with your engine.
 
FiremanBob said:
Bike looks great, you should be proud of the work you did. My 550 has no oil leaks, so I think there is an issue with your engine.
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Hope its just an issue with gaskets/seals rather than engine, obviously I put new on when I rebuilt the engine, its just a weep but damn annoying when its finished!
 
Have you re torqued the head? some times that will help, especially if you used a composet gasket.
 
hjfisk said:
Have you re torqued the head? some times that will help, especially if you used a composet gasket.
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Yes I have re torqued it, it was an aftermarket gasket, aluminium type composite. it did improve a bit, but still leaking.
 
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