OIL LEAKING FROM OIL FILTER HELP PLEASE

[Charlehusstle]

Hey There, Site looks awesome and I'm happy I joined.

Well for my first thread I'm in need of direr help.

I just bought a 2003 Monster 620 in October. It snows up here so I just broke it out and did my first oil change on it.

Well I did the oil change on Saturday it looked fine. Drove it to Reno (45 minute trip) parked it. No leak was noticable at this point. Then started it to move it into the garage. When i started it oil started coming out/ Dripping down the oil filter. And a lot of it. Stop the bike and the oil stops. Drain the oil again check the filter it looks fine. Wipe all the oil off and put the filter back and re filed new oil into the bike. It looked fine once again. Drove home to Truckee. No leak. Drove around on Sunday no leak.

Fired it up this morning and it's dripping from the filter again. Now not nearly as much as before. But a drop ever 5-10 seconds isn't good. Turned it off drip stops.

I have no clue what to do. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

As I love my bike and can't keep doing oil changes as the oil is expensive as all hell.

[jdubbs32584]

1. Welcome to the site. Here's the Introduce Yourself section: http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?board=14.0

2. There's been many topics about oil filter leaks. I did a search for "oil filter leak" and this is what I found:
  http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=23358.0
  http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=17065.0
  http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=13363.0
 
Might want to read through those threads and see if those suggestions help.

3. You might want to move this to the Tech board. At the bottom of the thread, you'll see the option to move it, delete it, or lock it. Click on Move Thread and you'll be able to move it to the Tech section.


Like I said, welcome. I hope you find your answer.

[Charlehusstle]

Thank you for the info.

I moved it, hopefully correct and have introduced myself.

I'll read through those threads. Please if anyone else has something to offer please do.

Thank you

[Langanobob]

Hope you get it figured out on your own, but if not, the place to go in Reno for help is the old Ducati dealership, DynaReno Motorcycles on 4th St.  The guy there, Ed LaCruze, knows everything.

I personally avoid the new dealership but that's just my bias.

I think the solution in most leaking filter cases is to just tighten the filter more.  But not too much

[jdubbs32584]

Thank you for the info.

I moved it, hopefully correct and have introduced myself.

I'll read through those threads. Please if anyone else has something to offer please do.

Thank you

No problem man. Hope everything gets fixed up!

[Charlehusstle]

Hope you get it figured out on your own, but if not, the place to go in Reno for help is the old Ducati dealership, DynaReno Motorcycles on 4th St.  The guy there, Ed LaCruze, knows everything.

I personally avoid the new dealership but that's just my bias.

I think the solution in most leaking filter cases is to just tighten the filter more.  But not too much

OMFG someone besides me knows old man Ed. Hahahha man that guy is a class act. Problem is funds are a little tight right now. And Ed ain't cheap (LOL like anything Ducati is) But I will through a strap on it and tighten it more. Question. Will there be an issues if I just tighten as is? Or should I yank off the filter clean it and then tighten?


I did on Saturday day wipe down the Oil case/hole for the filter. Checked for a second o ring, and it was all clean.

I will post what I find out tonight.

[He Man]

If it leaks, the simple question comes to mind... is it tight? check that first.

if it isnt, tighten it. and you should of purchased a new washer for hte filter as a preventative measure though ive had luck with just flipping the o ring and using it again.

If you remove the oil filter right now, chances are youll have a good amount of oil come pouring out, not a whole lot, but enough to make a mess so be ready for it if you do.

[Bones]

so first thing i learned after my first oil change on my 620 is to tighten it, then tighten it even more. I had a small leak, but apparently ducati filters have to go on super tight.

[Charlehusstle]

Okay went home threw on the clamp thing and got 3/4ths of a turn out of it. Drove it for a small run last night and to work today.

No leak.

Thank you guys very very much.

COuldn't stand thinking of paying for more oil at 15 bucks a quart.

[A.duc.H.duc.]

Okay went home threw on the clamp thing and got 3/4ths of a turn out of it. Drove it for a small run last night and to work today.

No leak.

Thank you guys very very much.

COuldn't stand thinking of paying for more oil at 15 bucks a quart.

You don't need special oil, there's a lot of stuff on here about that too. So don't worry about that.

For future reference, another thing to make sure of is that the old filter gasket came off with the old filter. If there are 2 gaskets there it'll leak.

Welcome to the board,

Justin

[Charlehusstle]

Yeah I double checked the double ring already.

Also I've read through the oil threads and still kinda confused. I know my Ducati has a wet clutch so I know i need a Oil that works with that. And Everything I've seen says use full Synthetic.

Or am I missing something

[He Man]

for a wet clutch you need specific oil. for a dry clutch you dont.

Off hand, only Castol sells dino 4v motorcyle specific oil at ~4 bucks a quart.

For furture refrenece, if you are o nthe highway and your bike is eatng oil, dont worry about choosing between motorcycle nad non motorcycle specific oil, its better to have then have not in that case, and ive heard if you can get your hands on it, using diesel specific oil is better than car oil if need be.

[ducpainter]

Yeah I double checked the double ring already.

Also I've read through the oil threads and still kinda confused. I know my Ducati has a wet clutch so I know i need a Oil that works with that. And Everything I've seen says use full Synthetic.

Or am I missing something

Different folks believe different things.

I believe a full synthetic is worth it and use it it both my bikes.

You definitely don't want an oil that is touted as energy conserving for your wet clutch. It contains friction modifiers that will make your clutch slip.

[DuciD03]

I believe a full synthetic is worth it and use it it both my bikes.

You definitely don't want an oil that is touted as energy conserving for your wet clutch. It contains friction modifiers that will make your clutch slip.

1+ - I've used full synthetic & standard MC oil; there lots of debate. Search posts, theres lots of opinions, but generally the same; ...15W -50 ...

"It contains friction modifiers that will make your clutch slip." haven't experience that yet as I haven't tried friction modifier additive oil, and won't now ... it makes sense!  I may (or maynot) have had some slippage with the full Motul V300 ...

Leak - new O ring & tightening; had a small leak and tightened another 1/4 turn and it never leaked again;  note - theres a torque spec for the oil filter.

welcome  to "Duc MF" [moto]

[cgos4r]

I have been dealing with this issue for months. I've tried 3 filters, tried tightening to all sorts of torques, and I'm at my wits end. The last thing I'm going to try is to do is use a K and N filter. They apparently have a softer gasket.