Finally found oil leak!

[Dano]

Finally got the time last nite to tear the carbs back off to find this pesky harley-esque oil leak! Somewhere off the #2 cylinder. Replaced crush washers for the oil delivery pipe to no avail, figured I would pull the plugs, disable the ignition, etc. to just spin the starter to find it. Didn't find anything till I pulled the #2 carb intake boot off and saw the oil come up out of the top left screw hole when I spun the motor! Then it hit me that it was seeping around the screw and coming down around the boot as I had seen. Put a small amount of rtv around the hole, re-installed the intake boot and let it sit overnite.

No more oil leak! Yeaaaaa! NOW I can clean this motor up and mama can wear her white tennies again!

 

One more item off the list!

 

Dan- who will struggle till it gets figured out!

[Squidley]

Glad you got it figured out my friend, I know we were talking about it the other night...gotta keep Momma's feets clean

[Yammer Dan]

We knew you would get it !!

[Venturous Randy]

That leak is a new one to me Dan. I will have to file that one away for future referance. Thanks for posting your find.

RandyA

[Dano]

Upon looking at it furthur, when cleaning up the boots and thread holes, there was a gray sealant just inside the holes. I originally took these off last year during the rebuild. Book didn't say anything about sealant around these holes. It's got sealant now!

[skydoc_17]

Hey Dan,

Who wodda' thought that our VR's had "oil cooled" intake boot bolts.

 

Glad you got it fixed!

Earl

[Squeeze]

I'm glad you found the Culprit... :happy34::happy34:

 

 

But on a lighter Note, if you would have used the Bolts which belong there, it wouldn't have leaked from the Beginning ... :D

 

I think the Bolts on the four far outer Corners are 5 mm longer than the others. On the Vmax they are silver while the others are green coated. Don't remember about what the Ventures have there at the Moment.