a worrying drip
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a worrying drip
... since arriving in Budapest last friday I've had something dirty and oily looking/feeling dripping from around the front sprocket cover/sidestand switch area. It only seems to be dripping when the engine is hot, leaving a palm-sized dry stain for me by the next time I ride. Oil level is fine; clutch level seems fine - but I'm always a bit paranoid about the feedback from it; driving in traffic the engine got a couple of degrees warmer than I usually get - but this is in 30-35degrees air temp, and it settles at a normal temp when moving properly.
Any thoughts? If it's a seal somewhere, it is unlikely I will be able to get replacement before I have to leave in just under a week.
Any thoughts? If it's a seal somewhere, it is unlikely I will be able to get replacement before I have to leave in just under a week.
- Aladinsaneuk
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...I took the front sprocket cover off, wiped the clutch slave and pumped the clutch looking for leaking fluid, but didn't notice anything. Would a leak show up by doing this? As I said earlier, I only see the drip after a ride.
If it is the clutch slave leaking, am I better off avoiding using the bike until I need to do the long ride, or am I basically stuffed unless I can get it fixed before the 1000+mile trip home?
If it is the clutch slave leaking, am I better off avoiding using the bike until I need to do the long ride, or am I basically stuffed unless I can get it fixed before the 1000+mile trip home?
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If you do you'll end up with fully synth.k1w1boy wrote:...found an English speaking mechanic. Believes that it's oil from around the filter seal. No worries - might get him to reseal it. Part of me wonders if I should get him to change the oil and filter while he's there. Are oil filters a fairly generic part for falcos?
....hmmm. well the oil level is fine for the trip home, so might pass on that idea.wayofthedarkhand wrote:If you do you'll end up with fully synth.k1w1boy wrote:...found an English speaking mechanic. Believes that it's oil from around the filter seal. No worries - might get him to reseal it. Part of me wonders if I should get him to change the oil and filter while he's there. Are oil filters a fairly generic part for falcos?
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And the problem is????wayofthedarkhand wrote: If you do you'll end up with fully synth.

Mind you if it's just a weep, I'd keep my eye on it and do the job when I got home - top up if really necessary along the way.
“Scientists investigate that which already is. Engineers create that which has never been.”
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...I'm kinda throwing the guy a bone: the 'fix' he's offered will only cost me about 20euros and it means I get peace of mind and a chance to talk shit about bikes and biking in Hungary with him for half an hour. Local's insights gleaned to follow.D-Rider wrote:And the problem is????wayofthedarkhand wrote: If you do you'll end up with fully synth.
Mind you if it's just a weep, I'd keep my eye on it and do the job when I got home - top up if really necessary along the way.

... and the local dude replaced the oil filter o-ring and I rode away reassured. Left sitting for a day and the leak is back
. Off 'home' tomorrow with a top up pack close to hand. Famous last words but I don't think it's going to lose too much over the trip, but I'll only know once I get going. Worst part of the whole thing has been being preoccupied with the problem during my holiday with Ma & Pa, and the fact that it will make me a road-worrier instead of a road-warrior for the trip home. 

