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Title: Oil leak on my 620 after it fell over? Post by: Shifty on November 19, 2010, 10:28:33 AM While moving my Monster in the garage about a week ago my foot got tangled on an obstruction and I toppled over with her. I managed to keep the bike from falling hard but it still layed down pretty good. I hoisted the bike up and found no damage other than a broken mirror. Last night I went out and found a small oil leak in the kickstand area. I was a little pissed so I didn't look too closely but as I sit here at work thinking about it I can't help but wonder what I may have broke.
Any thoughts? TIA :-[ Title: Re: Oil leak on my 620 after it fell over? Post by: csorin on November 19, 2010, 12:37:37 PM A few weeks ago a friend layed my bike down at low speed in a parking lot. Everything looked fine, but it developed a leak shortly afterwards. Turned out my oil filter had somehow loosened up. Was it related to the fall? No idea. I just took a filter wrench and tightened it back up.
First thing I would do is truly find out where the leak is coming from. It might be pooling near your stand, but coming from a totally unrelated place. Maybe clean up the engine, wipe away any oil residue, and check it in the morning. Title: Re: Oil leak on my 620 after it fell over? Post by: seevtsaab on November 20, 2010, 04:35:04 AM You may have got some oil pooled in a place it doesnt usually pool.
is the leak persistant? Can be a pregnant dog to ID leak location. I had found that my Duc would leak a few drops overnite after i moved it around, not running. This was during the first year of owning my 05 620, seems to have abated during the second year. I suspect dry seals somewhere, bike had 9K mi in 4 yrs, I put that on annually now, how much is you bike ridden? Normally mine doesn't leak at all. |