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TECHNICAL MOTOBRICK WRENCHING In Remembrance of Inge K. => The Motobrick Workshop => Topic started by: shay_mcquaid on April 18, 2014, 05:41:10 PM

Title: Help me I.D. this leak.please =)
Post by: shay_mcquaid on April 18, 2014, 05:41:10 PM
Like the title says, I have a leak.
Oil probably.

Is this a common one?
Any help would be appriciated :2thumbup:
Title: Re: Help me I.D. this leak.please =)
Post by: mystic red on April 18, 2014, 08:19:42 PM
Clean it up thoroughly and watch to see where it is exactly coming from. Hard to tell. Not common IMHO
Title: Help me I.D. this leak.please =)
Post by: Elipten on April 18, 2014, 09:36:34 PM
That High up and back. Starter o-rings or alternator area?
Title: Re: Help me I.D. this leak.please =)
Post by: wmax351 on April 18, 2014, 09:42:18 PM
Maybe the alternator seal? Oil gets out and is spun off by the alternator drive. Only thing I could think of that would get oil that high up.


Check to see if the stuff on the right is brake fluid.


The other thing could be an overfilled transmission spitting it out the vent.
Title: Re: Help me I.D. this leak.please =)
Post by: pallum on April 20, 2014, 03:58:01 PM
I actually had the exact same leak pop up last week. I pulled the alternator as it was my first guess, but it wasn't very wet by the drive dog. When I popped the transmission fill plug there was quite a bit of pressure built up inside the transmission so I was thinking it might be a faulty transmission breather valve? I dunno yet, I cleaned the areas up and am waiting until the wetness reappears--- updates to come...
Title: Re: Help me I.D. this leak.please =)
Post by: Inge K. on April 20, 2014, 04:12:56 PM
There isn't any valve in the gearbox breather, you find it under the starter.
I would guess that a lot of old debris under the starter covers the plastic cap bottom/sides.
Title: Re: Help me I.D. this leak.please =)
Post by: ReneZ on April 21, 2014, 07:48:02 AM
Or the drain hose has come of the accumulator tray underneath the fuel tank spigots (the two drain pipes) and what you look at is fuel/drain water. Nothing else really can drain on the top frame bolt like it shows.