Triumphrat

OldTownRAT · 03-14-2007

Good evening ladies and gents,

About three weeks ago, I noticed my cam cover gasket was leaking on both the left and right side. No big deal, thanks to the advice posted here. Two weeks ago, I tore it down, wiped everything clean, re-installed the gasket and torqued the cam cover down according to spec.

Took her for a ride the next day and after about 20 miles, pulled over and checked for leaks. The gasket held just fine but I noticed a small amount of oil along outside of the right side fins. I wiped it off and chalked the oil up to residual from the leak as I noticed there was some oil build up within the fins.

So, last weekend (March 2nd), I gave the bike the regular washing and rode about 200 miles since doing that. Today I rode her to work and upon getting home this evening, I notice a slight smear of oil on the outside of the right side of the fins again. I checked the entire cam cover gasket and it looks to be holding strong.

Any ideas as to the source of the oil? I figured the bike wash would have taken care of everything from the original leak.

Thanks in advance folks.

Cheers.
-OTR

Nzbiker · 03-14-2007

could be tracking from the oil cooler line banjo bolts
thats the braded line on the rh side that goes from the cooler to the head just below the rocker cover sorry cam cover.
wipe the braided oil line with a paper towel and see if there is any oil

cheers

5bassman · 03-14-2007

If it's just a smear it's probably left over from some missed during cleaning up inside the fins. Try spraying some degreaser inside the fins and rinse it off. Make sure it is safe for your bike though.

wenzel850 · 03-14-2007

Check the banjo bolts on the cylinder head feed pipe (the one that is in the middle of the cylinders), and make sure they are round and not oblong. This was the only problem my bike has had so far, and that's with 6k miles. The leak was small and pooled on the cases just above the counter shaft sprocket.

My dealer fixed it under warranty.

sweatmachine · 03-14-2007

I had to use red RTV on my cam cover gasket to get it to seal correctly.

OldTownRAT · 03-14-2007

Thanks guys. I'll check the lines tonight.