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Well this is disappointing - Oil leak on a 12 month old M8?

Well this is disappointing - Oil leak on a 12 month old M8?

RossW
4 years ago

Looks like it's coming from the base of the pushrod tubes, but there is also oil coming out of the filter and spattering onto my saddlebag.
No, it's not overfilled - halfway up the dipstick. Until now it hasn't been using any, it only has the oil in that the dealer put there at the first service.

EDIT 24/08 - Turns out the oil was coming from the filter after all. Reoiled it a bit more sparingly this time. At least it cleans off easily

tussuck
4 years ago

Straight back to the dealer!

RossW
4 years ago

Quoting tussuck on 22 Aug 2020 07:25 AM
Straight back to the dealer!

Yes. First I have to eliminate the possibility that it's coming from the air cleaner, which was a bit over oiled and has shed the excess onto my saddlebags. Although that looks unlikely to be the culprit because the angle is all wrong.

paulybronco
4 years ago

Quoting tussuck on 22 Aug 2020 07:25 AM
Straight back to the dealer!

Quoting RossW on 22 Aug 2020 07:37 AM
Yes. First I have to eliminate the possibility that it's coming from the air cleaner, which was a bit over oiled and has shed the excess onto my saddlebags. Although that looks unlikely to be the culprit because the angle is all wrong.

Generally the filter oil is a red color.

RossW
4 years ago

Quoting tussuck on 22 Aug 2020 07:25 AM
Straight back to the dealer!

Quoting RossW on 22 Aug 2020 07:37 AM
Yes. First I have to eliminate the possibility that it's coming from the air cleaner, which was a bit over oiled and has shed the excess onto my saddlebags. Although that looks unlikely to be the culprit because the angle is all wrong.

Quoting paulybronco on 23 Aug 2020 01:10 AM
Generally the filter oil is a red color.

That's right, and this wasn't. The oil that I wiped from the underside of the filter was.

Neale
4 years ago

That sucks.
Hopefully the dealer will sort it out.

micathia
4 years ago

look around the breather bolts.
My S&S dual sucker used to leak once first time installed. The leak sent from breather bolt to engine fin then oil filter. looks like leaking from oil filter at first.

RossW
4 years ago

Quoting micathia on 23 Aug 2020 05:57 AM
look around the breather bolts.
My S&S dual sucker used to leak once first time installed. The leak sent from breather bolt to engine fin then oil filter. looks like leaking from oil filter at first.

I checked the breather bolts when I took the filter out to clean it. There was no sign of any oil in them.

RossW
4 years ago

Cleaned and oiled the filter yesterday. No more spatters on my saddlebags yet. I had a look around the base of the pushrod tubes and found a spot in between that I missed when I cleaned it all yesterday. Swabbed it to see what kind of oil it was:

Yep, it's pink,
So the oil is coming from the filter after all. That's a relief.

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